"For the last two years, hopes were high -- no, passions were roused -- that Telemundo, producer of programs such as the megahit "Body of Desire" (in which Old Pedro returns as hot young Salvador) would crack open Mexico's hermetically sealed broadcast industry and launch that country's third network. But even Old Pedro couldn't have overcome the death grip Mexico's two media powerhouses have on the market. Grupo Televisa and its smaller rival TV Azteca have a chokehold on viewer choice and have successfully blocked meaningful competition. What's needed now is political courage to challenge the duopoly, but that's nonexistent: Politicians who dare are likely to find candidates from their parties somehow left off the air."
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-telemundo22mar22,0,6160557.story
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