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State news addenda

State news addenda

Passing on this news from the Massachusetts chapter, that their bill to promote high definition carriage and proper listing of PEG programs on the Electronic Program Guide (that’s HD and EPG, in case you’re not up on acronyms), was passed by their state Senate. As reported on their website: “The bill now goes to the […]

Updates from States

VAN of Vermont is quietly transitioning into summer.  Policy activity, like the lawsuit from Comcast, is in a wait-and-see period.  VAN uses Slack (slack.com) as their communications/forum tool. Check the VAN website here or contact VAN’s representative to the Northeast board. NHCCM of New Hampshire have had good attendance at the member meetings with a […]

From the States: Spring 2018

MassAccess is rallying its members to push one of several bills in state legislature. S.1857 – An Act Supporting Community Access Television would have all PEG channels carried in both standard and high definition (HD), as well as have programs listed in electronic programming guides (EPG) as broadcast channel programs are listed.  They are also […]

Help Wanted: short-term assignment for t...

The ACM-NE Nominating Committee is seeking committee members from all member states. This ad-hoc committee will: conduct a skills assessment conduct a needs assessment prepare a Board Job Description promote open seats on the ACM-NE Board provide candidate recommendations to the ACM-NE Board We anticipate committee work taking approximately one month start to finish. Serving […]

Coming up soon

Saturday, April 21, 2018 Merrimack Valley Access Centers Volunteer Day Conference at Methuen Community Television Methuen, MA • 9AM – 3PM Speakers, continental breakfast and lunch: all for $20! Read more about it here.