Erica Jones at Somerville Community Access TV (MA) and Jane Regan, a professor at Salem State University, are trying to find out find out what type of local news, public affairs and independent local programming is happening in the United States at PEG centers. The results will help illustrate to funders, politicians, and scholars that community […]
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Connecting in Connecticut – April 2016
Connecticut ACM has managed to hold two face-to-face meetings in the past 7 months. In September, Citizens TV in New Haven hosted several PEG people for lunch and a tour of their facility (recently converted from a veterinary hospital). Over lunch they discussed their mutual problem of insufficient funding and how to approach the legislature. Trying to recover the PEGPETIA fund […]
Massive MassAccess – April 2016
(adapted from Erich Archer’s report to ACM-NE) The spring conference will be on 4/29 at High Output Studios in Canton, MA, with vendors & workshops. As at other conferences, those interested only in the trade show must pay to enter. ACM-NE will have a table at this MassAccess conference to provide information on our national & […]
Maine-ly Access – April 2016
Greetings from the State of Maine! The snow missed us this year, the sun is shining. CTAM (Cable Television Association of Maine) held a meeting January 26th at CTN in Portland. The next meeting will be April 28th at Mt. Blue TV in Farmington (where JP Fortier is Chief Cook and Bottle-Washer). Brian Knoblock is […]
New Hampshire: still alive, still making...
(adapted from P-e-t-e-r Pijoan’s report to ACM-NE) New Hampshire Coalition for Community Media recently adopted a new by-law allowing up to 3 alternate members to their board (previously there was only one). At their annual meeting, they: passed a budget of $8,750 which includes a scholarship budget of $1,000 and a NHCCM server usage budget […]
April in New York State
(adapted from Maryann Arrien’s report to ACM-NE) ACM New York’s six current board members had monthly meetings in February and March. We have started the work of our Public Policy Committee & Public Relations Committee and discussed plans for a video to be produced at a PEG center in either Westchester or NY City to further […]
VAN of Vermont – April 2016 report
(adapted from Patrick Cody’s report to ACM-NE) Comcast Certificate of Public Good The biggest piece of work undertaken by the Vermont Access Network (VAN) in the past few months is the review of Comcast’s Certificate of Public Good (CPG) renewal. In Vermont, a CPG is the franchise license that a utility or telecom company must […]
Community News Survey
Are you producing community news? We want to hear from you! Erica Jones of Somerville, MA and Jane Regan at Salem State University in Salem, MA are conducting a survey of PEG channels around the country to find out what type of local or hyperlocal news is being produced. It only takes a few moments, and it […]
One week left!
Has your Organization now or ever been (in the last 2 years) a member of the Alliance for Community Media? If so, there is still an opportunity to get 16 months of membership for 12 months’ worth of dues. This offer ends next Sunday, January 31, 2016. Organizational dues are based on the size of […]
Cable regulation workshop at the MMA con...
The Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA) Annual Meeting and Conference is scheduled for January 22-23 at the Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Boston Hotel. One workshop at this conference will a panel on cable television license renewals, transfers, municipal and state cable oversight and regulatory updates. This panel will be moderated by Bill August, Esq. of […]