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C-SPAN Faces A Funding Crisis Amid Cord Cutting, Even As D.C.'s Drama Makes Its Mission Ever More Important


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Published in Humor and Quirks on Tuesday, May 27th 2025 at 18:31 GMT by Deadline   Print publication without navigation

  • Over the past week, C-SPAN has covered the narrow, early morning vote on Donald Trump's 'big beautiful bill." It carried in full the president's at-times bizarre Oval Office clash with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. It captured the heated exchange between Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Sen. Patti

C-SPAN, the public affairs network known for its unfiltered coverage of government proceedings, is facing a funding crisis as its current funding model, heavily reliant on fees from cable and satellite providers, is threatened by the rise of streaming services and cord-cutting. The network, which has operated without government funding or commercials, is now exploring new revenue streams and has launched a fundraising campaign to secure its future. C-SPAN's co-CEOs have expressed concerns about the network's sustainability, emphasizing the importance of its mission to provide transparent access to government activities, and are calling on the public and Congress for support to ensure the continuation of its services.

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