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Monday, August 16, 2004

The Pentagon Channel: all war, all the time

Time Warner Cable announced today it will begin rolling out the Pentagon Channel, the Defense Department's news and information network for the military, this month. The Pentagon Channel, which previously existed as an information channel within the Pentagon and on military bases, will now be distributed 24 hours a day, seven days a week to all of Time Warner Cable's digital television customers.

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The Pentagon Channel will provide Time Warner Cable digital customers with Department of Defense news with top-of-the-hour updates, broadcasts of the flagship television news magazine programs from each of the services and Department of Defense news briefings from the Pentagon and around the world. Additionally, the network will include appointment viewing with "Around the Services," a look at what's going on at each branch of the military, "Studio Five," showcasing conversations with Department of Defense leaders, and "Focus on the Force," which highlights military missions such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Which begs the question, what will Fox and CNN do now to make their war coverage more exciting than the Pentagon's? The mind reels at the possibilities.

(Thanks to the brand-new Madwomen.org, the blog and homepage of the Madison Women for Peace.)

posted by chris at 12:58 PM
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