tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465Mon, 09 Sep 2024 13:20:17 +0000PEG Accesscommunity mediacable deregulationchannel slammingComcastcutbacksFCCCharterstate cable franchisingAlliance for Community MediaBright House NetworkATTCablevisionnet neutralityThis blog is dedicated to aggregating news feeds about the impact on public access and community media. This will feature articles and press releases and will rarely feature personal opinions.http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)Blogger25125en-usnoThis blog is dedicated to aggregating news feeds about the impact on public access and community media. This will feature articles and press releases and will rarely feature personal opinions.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-4912071028180561733Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:09:00 +00002009-03-02T15:12:55.212-05:00cable deregulationcommunity mediaPEG Accessstate cable franchisingErika Woodward - Capital News Service - February 27, 1009ANNAPOLIS Community television stations face the prospect of extinction if a bill heard Thursday in the House becomes law, said representatives of public-access television from across the state.The proposal seeks to remove the ability of local governments to negotiate franchise agreements with cable television providers and give it to the http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2009/02/public-access-tv-fights-cable-taxes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-688483823088745294Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:46:00 +00002009-03-02T16:53:07.095-05:00cable deregulationcommunity mediaPEG Accessstate cable franchisingCritics fear loss of local revenueBy ERIKA WOODWARD, Southern Maryland Online (Feb. 27, 2009)Community television stations face the prospect of extinction if a bill heard Thursday in the House becomes law, said representatives of public-access television from across the state.The proposal seeks to remove the ability of local governments to negotiate franchise agreements with cable television http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2009/02/state-wants-to-usurp-cable-tv-franchise.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-3388161207210245857Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:52:00 +00002009-03-02T14:58:56.623-05:00cable deregulationcommunity mediaPEG Accessstate cable franchisingThe cable regulation revolution will be televised.Rosalind S. Helderman Washington Post Staff Writer - Friday, February 27, 2009That was the lesson of action yesterday in Annapolis, where a hearing for a bill that would change the way the telecommunications industry is taxed brought no fewer than eight television cameras to the House committee room.Hand-held cameras and more bulkier models http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2009/02/taxing-telecommunications-film-at-10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-2931359119543507318Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:10:00 +00002009-02-04T14:14:28.900-05:00ATTcommunity mediaPEG AccessIllinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan joins investigation of its practicesDavid Greising -- Chicago Tribune, February 3, 2009AT&T has cutting-edge technology and a beefy balance sheet, but the company's handling of community programming channels in Illinois and other states is putting a big black blot on its sky-blue logo.At the heart of a growing controversy are questions about whether AT&http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2009/02/at-u-verse-service-gives-short-shrift.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-1778057138002484830Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:18:00 +00002009-01-30T14:20:45.805-05:00Alliance for Community Media - Press ReleaseWASHINGTON, D.C. (January 30, 2009) – Community media groups joined with a nationwide coalition of municipalities and regional organizations today in filing a Petition for Declaratory Ruling (pdf) with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) charging that telecom giant AT&T discriminates against local public channels with its U-verse cable TV http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2009/01/media-groups-say-at-discriminates.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-4951337469662150085Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:55:00 +00002009-02-03T14:58:18.161-05:00Comcastcommunity mediaPEG AccessLinda Haugsted -- Multichannel News, 1/21/2009 Verizon's Philadelphia FiOS franchise should pass its second-to-last hurdle Thursday, as the agreement is scheduled to be vetted by the Public Property and Public Works Committee.But as it goes through its final stages, the fiber-optic video franchise agreement is still the subject of criticism by public access activists who say they weren't part of http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2009/01/verizons-fios-franchise-moves-closer-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-7212292094617941601Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:32:00 +00002009-02-03T14:35:27.539-05:00cable deregulationComcastcommunity mediaPEG AccessBy Matthew Lasar Last updated January 20, 2009Outgoing Federal Communications Commission chair Kevin Martin got his last licks in on the cable industry on Monday, proposing a slew of fines against companies that the agency says migrate analog channels to digital tiers, forcing consumers to buy digital set top boxes or more expensive packages. The Commission wants to fine Comcast, Bright House, http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2009/01/fcc-wants-big-fines-for-cable-giants.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-6566627672299785132Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:00:00 +00002009-01-06T16:03:24.301-05:00Alliance for Community Mediacommunity mediacutbacksPEG AccessReed Johnson - Los Angeles Times January 5, 2009For decades, public access programming on cable television has provided a virtually free forum for community activists and aspiring entertainers, for preening star wannabes as well as serious-minded political watchdogs.But in Los Angeles and across California that forum began crumbling last week, a development that advocates say will strip ordinary http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2009/01/cable-flips-channel-on-public-access-tv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-8495215978125435942Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:30:00 +00002009-01-06T13:34:53.983-05:00community mediacutbacksPEG AccessMIKE SALINERO & ELAINE SILVESTRINI Tampa Bay Tribune January 6, 2009TAMPA - Public access television channel "Speak Up Tampa Bay" will continue to broadcast on local cable TV networks, according to a tentative settlement of its lawsuit against the Hillsborough County Commission.In return, the channel has agreed to drop its demand that the commission restore $355,000 in annual funding. The http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2009/01/hillsborough-public-access-tv-network.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-14950536769108383Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:21:00 +00002009-01-04T14:24:28.159-05:00Cablevisionchannel slammingcommunity mediaPEG AccessBY MITCHELL FREEDMAN mitchell.freedman@newsday.com 9:26 PM EST, December 28, 2008 Southampton Town officials are negotiating with Cablevision over the firm's decision to move two public access and government channels from the analog to the digital tier, a change that would mean only people with cable boxes or cable-ready TV sets could tune in to those channels.The board, which at its December http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2008/12/southampton-tackles-cablevision-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-656892386356347756Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:54:00 +00002009-01-04T13:00:32.425-05:00Bright House Networkcable deregulationchannel slammingcommunity mediaFCCPEG Accessby Ted Hearn -- Multichannel News, 12/22/2008The cities of Tampa and St. Petersburg,Fla., can't stop cable operator Bright House Networks from moving public-access channels to a digital tier and demanding rent for set-top boxes from consumers that don't want to lose access to those channels, a federal judge ruled last week.U.S. District Judge Susan Bucklew, based in Tampa, ruled that the cities http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2008/12/bright-house-cable-wins-peg-ruling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-4502055910216777170Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:14:00 +00002009-01-05T17:19:25.810-05:00cable deregulationcommunity mediaPEG Accessby Rachel Gordon -- SFGate.com 12/19/08A new California law that will strip cable TV franchise agreements from municipalities starting 2010 and turn over control to the state may doom or greatly scale back San Francisco's freewheeling public access channels, which air programs ranging from ''Letter Carriers Today'' and ''Atheist Viewpoint'' to ''Global Nuclear Coverup'' and ''The San Francisco http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2008/12/to-air-is-human-sf-public-access.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-8310194364179339826Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:32:00 +00002009-01-06T16:36:43.934-05:00community mediacutbacksPEG AccessCampaign to Save the Public Access Channels Leslie Dutton - FullDisclosure.net, December 17, 2008Los Angeles, CA. - The Full Disclosure Network® presents a five minute exclusive video report on the ABC Nightline segment videotaped Tuesday, December 16th covering the campaign to save the public access cable channels. The ABC segment will air nationwide on January 9, 2009 at 11:30 p.m.Host Leslie http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2008/12/abc-nightline-expos-on-full-disclosure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-2006171751138656033Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:19:00 +00002009-01-06T13:25:06.936-05:00cable deregulationChartercommunity mediacutbacksPEG Accesspaul.eakins@presstelegram.com - Press Telegram 12/17/08The fate of Long Beach's public access television is still up in the air, but the City Council finally touched on the issue Tuesday night, just weeks before the programming is to end.Councilman Patrick O'Donnell asked that City Manager Pat West gather community input and develop recommendations on how funds for public, government and http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2008/12/long-beach-looks-at-public-access-tv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-5786918652648613586Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:51:00 +00002009-01-04T12:53:41.994-05:00channel slammingComcastcommunity mediaFCCPEG Accessby Linda Haugsted -- Multichannel News, 12/15/2008Attorneys for four Michigan communities have asked the Federal Communications Commission for answers to seven questions requested by a federal judge there to help resolve a suit over Comcast’s relocation of public, educational and government channels.Victoria Roberts, the U.S. District Court judge in the case — brought by Dearborn, Meridian, http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2008/12/michigan-cities-seek-peg-channel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-456022640773448375Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:33:00 +00002009-01-04T14:38:28.907-05:00Bright House Networkcable deregulationchannel slammingcommunity mediaPEG AccessDavid Damron Orlando Sentinel Staff Writer December 12, 2008When Bright House Networks shifted the government-access station from 9 up to 199 on the cable-TV dial this year, fewer folks likely channel-surfed past Orange County School Board debates over middle-school schedule swaps or stumbled upon live coverage of Orlando leaders raising property taxes.The cable company pushed Hillsborough http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2008/12/cable-battle-are-civic-channels-sent-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-7025710764665460723Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:37:00 +00002009-01-06T13:56:45.100-05:00community mediacutbacksPEG AccessPatrick Range McDonald - LA Weekly December 10, 2008 The day before Thanksgiving, Zuma Dogg, an outspoken community activist who has a comedian’s sense of the absurd, stands in the far back of the thinly attended City Council meeting at Los Angeles City Hall, waiting his turn to speak during the public-comment period. Wearing a black ski cap pulled down to his eyes, with black wraparound http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2009/01/shutting-down-public-access-tv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-4470347875381311793Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:15:00 +00002009-01-06T14:19:50.144-05:00ComcastVISHESH KUMAR - MarketWatch.com October 30, 2008Comcast Corp. posted a 38% rise in third-quarter profit despite a slowing economy and increased competition, but the cable provider warned that broader conditions were taking a toll on business and said it is bracing for tougher times ahead.Comcast also said it may not complete its share-repurchase plan by the end of 2009 as previously indicated, http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2009/01/comcast-net-income-climbs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-4544353775044821929Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:20:00 +00002009-01-04T12:26:54.150-05:00channel slammingComcastcommunity mediaPEG AccessDecision's A Loss For Comcast; But Federal Judge Forwards Other Issues To FCC-- Multichannel News, 10/3/2008 3:13:00 PMMichigan cities will be able to continue to prevent the migration of their public, educational and government channels into the 900-channel area at least until the Federal Communications Commission sets policy on the treatment of such channels, according to an Oct. 3 ruling by a http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2008/10/ruling-michigan-cities-can-still.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-3680803843822854102Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:54:00 +00002009-01-04T12:27:54.683-05:00channel slammingFCCPEG Accessby Linda Haugsted -- Multichannel News, 9/29/2008Public-access television supporters, such as the Alliance for Communications Democracy, are composing a formal complaint to the Federal Communications Commission over the treatment of public, educational and government channels by both incumbent and new video providers.The complaint was prompted by a statement by FCC Media Bureau Chief Monica Desaihttp://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2009/01/peg-backers-cry-foul-over-slamming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-913449300489091035Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:03:00 +00002009-01-04T11:34:33.627-05:00channel slammingChartercommunity mediaPEG AccessDemocracy and InformationBy Les SmithThis article was published on 09.11.08. Reno News and ReviewOn Thursday, Sept. 4, a meeting was held to address Charter’s efforts to move the public, education and government (PEG) channels to the digital tier and the digital divide within the community that the move will cause. Charter representatives, viewers and producers from Sierra Nevada Community Accesshttp://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2009/01/guest-editorial-democracy-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-6480527155797437022Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:10:00 +00002009-01-04T12:06:30.493-05:00ComcastFCCnet neutralityBy AMY SCHATZSeptember 4, 2008 2:34 p.m.WASHINGTON – Comcast Corp. filed suit against the Federal Communications Commission Thursday to block the agency's decision to sanction Comcast for blocking certain Internet traffic.The lawsuit involves a 3-2 decision the FCC handed down in early August finding Comcast's practices violated net neutrality rules, and ordering the company to provide more http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2009/01/comcast-sues-to-overturn-fcc-net.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-3437823599989455849Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:34:00 +00002009-01-04T11:38:15.765-05:00channel slammingChartercommunity mediaPEG AccessPEGs Push Back on Channel Slamming by Linda Haugsted -- Multichannel News, 8/25/2008As cable operators shift program services to make more room for HDTV content, producers of local programming are pushing back, vowing that public, educational and government channels will not quietly be “channel-slammed” into cable Siberia.Producers are soliciting support from local governments in the fight to http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2008/08/pegs-push-back-on-channel-slamming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-7353285476813313435Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:33:00 +00002009-01-04T12:40:38.383-05:00Alliance for Community Mediacable deregulationcommunity mediaFCCPEG AccessBy Linda Haugsted -- Multichannel News, 7/7/2008 2:22:00 PMState cable franchising bills have not led to lower cable rates, and support for public access channels has eroded in those states with such schemes, according to a survey conducted by the Alliance for Community Media and the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors.The survey, which included 140 public access http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2008/07/cable-franchising-bills-no-help-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479238233163611465.post-3623506952568306287Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:04:00 +00002009-01-04T13:07:19.320-05:00community mediacutbacksPEG AccessBy Kent Gibbons -- Multichannel News, 10/8/2007The not-for-profit corporation that operates a public-access channel called Speak Up Tampa Bay is suing Florida's Hillsborough County for cutting channel funds, saying the county used budget woes as a pretext to censor constitutionally protected speech.Speak Up Tampa Bay Public Access Television Inc. filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the http://commmediaadvocates.blogspot.com/2007/10/public-access-tv-group-sues-fla-county.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Turner)0