MediaG3 (MDGC)

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The 2008 grant went to the Acadamy of Broadcasting Science, that is how the program works. They were to pick a US firm to spend the money on. The ABS seems to have had nothing more to do with Mediag3 according to the ABS website. Since it was late in 2008 the USTDA annual report that went to press could not have reflected any change of mind on the part of the ABS regarding which US firm to spend the money on. Look at the USTDA budget, the amount was trivial, a line-item out of hundreds. As it is up to the foreign recipient to choose the US firm, Mediag3 was obviously given the boot. In ANY case, late 2008 is the time the dilution started, regardless of the minutia. That fact right there shows something definitely started to stink.

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