Venezuela forces cable TV to air Chavez speeches
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Venezuela's state-run telecommunications agency formally notified two dozen local cable television channels on Thursday that they must carry mandatory government programming, including marathon speeches by President Hugo Chavez.
Agency director Diosdado Cabello said 24 cable channels, including the anti-Chavez channel Radio Caracas Television, which moved to cable in 2007 after the government refused to renew its broadcast license, must air presidential addresses under new regulations. (AP)
