public access television

Can Nonprofit Status Strengthen Community Voice of Public Access Television Station?

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:33:30 -0500

Full article: Nonprofit Quarterly
Kathi Jaworski
We often hear about the impact of public sector funding cuts on the capacity of nonprofits to deliver essential services that in some cases backfill for what the public sector once provided directly. In suburban Portland, Ore., these blurred boundaries between nonprofits and public entities are showing up in a new way as leaders of a publicly owned community television station seek to reorganize as a nonprofit in order to survive. They're not starting under the most auspicious of conditions.

Public Access Television on Way Back

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:51:46 -0400

Full article: Long Beach Gazette
Harry Saltzgaver
A three-year effort to revive public access television in Long Beach, Calif., should reach a successful conclusion, thanks to a grant secured by the Long Beach Community Foundation.

The Times Are Changing for Public Access Television

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:58:34 -0500

Full article: KOMO
Conor Christofferson
Budget cuts have left Seattle's public access television station in an extreme state of flux, and nobody's quite sure what the future of public TV will look like.

Community Access Television in the Digital Age

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 11:36:17 -0500

Full article: 4imprint
The main purpose of community access television has always been to give a voice to ordinary citizens who otherwise wouldn't have access to media outlets. The question today, however, is whether or not this purpose is still relevant.

Email Killed the Public Access Television Star

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:03:44 -0400

Full article: Seattlst
Alex Hudson
It's no secret that the City of Seattle is more cash strapped than the posse chilling on 3rd and Pike, and it seems that the next victim of the budget axe is SCAN, the public access television station largely funded by city monies.

Citizen Journalism and Cable Community Access: What's the Fit?

Stevie Converse — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:42:32 -0400

Full article: Media Giraffe
Bill Densmore
How are PEG access centers adapting the the new broadband environment, where video is increasingly viewed and created by consumers on Internet devices, including mobile phones and tablets?

Why Public Access Television Is Important and You Should Fight for the CAP ACT

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:04:37 -0500

Full article: Huffington Post
Tracy Rosenberg
The Community Access Preservation Act is currently moving through the House, if passed it will go a long ways toward blunting the most damaging effects of the statewide franchising laws on public accesses television. And it needs your support.

Comcast, Michigan Towns Bury PEG Hatchet

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:36:38 -0500

Full article: Multichannel News
Todd Spangler
Comcast's Michigan division has officially settled a lawsuit with four communities in the state that had sued the MSO over its plans to deliver public, education and government channels in digital-only format.

Fair Treatment for Community TV

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:23 -0500

Full article: Traverse City Record-Eagle
Joe Vandermeulen
To make room for new high definition channels, Charter will push community TV channels off their current locations and onto unused transmission bandwidth that is shared with FM radio signals. In other words, Charter will take the clean, high-value bandwidth and exchange it for unused, interference-plagued bandwidth.

Media Minutes: October 23, 2009

Candace Clement — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:56:15 -0400

The FCC proposed new rules protecting Net Neutrality. But during the run-up to the vote, AT&T's chief lobbyist sent a letter to company employees asking them to weigh in against an open Internet. And a new bill in Congress could help beleaguered community TV stations across the country.