Overview

Since 1986, Deep Dish TV has been a laboratory for new, democratic and empowering ways to make and distribute video. It is a hub linking thousands of artists, independent videomakers, programmers and social activists. The network has produced and distributed over 300 hours of television series that challenge the suppression of awareness, the corruption of language, and the perversion of logic that characterizes so much of corporate media. With humor, passion, creative flair and very low budgets, Deep Dish TV artists and producers have developed provocative video series exploring issues that profoundly impact our lives. The programs made by Deep Dish TV, working with hundreds of program producers, have reached millions of people through the public access channels that cable companies are required to provide. Cable corporations are pushing to eliminate these channels. Though constantly embattled, these channels for free expression and community communication have continued to expand. As technology improves and cable analog television is replaced by newer digital technology, it is essential that commercial use of the public spectrum and municipal rights-of-way must provide the public with access to technology and the means to communicate on all platforms.