RURAL AMERICA LIVE with Patrick Gottsch

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Monday, August 25 at 8 p.m. ET

Patrick Gottsch, founder of RFD-TV, addresses the Comcast merger with Time Warner Cable and the AT&T merger with DIRECTV and how they may affect the viewership of RFD-TV, RURAL TV, and RFD HD.

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