2019 Annual Membership Meeting for ACM Northeast Wednesday, July 10, 2019 3:30 – 4:30pm Pavilion West, Hilton Portland Downtown Here is the 2019 Annual Report including the 2018 and 2019 activities and reports! Click on the link below to the full report! 2019 ACMNE Annual Meeting Report at ACM National
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Good News from Maine: “Anti Slamming Bil
Maine LD 1371, better known as the “Anti Slamming Bill” (copy attached) has been passed by both houses of the Maine State Legislature and now goes to Governor Mills for signature. The major provisions of this bill would compel the cable companies to move the Public Access TV stations back to their original channel assignments – Channels […]
2019 Paul Berg Scholarship Announcement
2019 Paul Berg Scholarship Announcement Application due June 21st This scholarship is named in memory of Paul Berg, former Executive Director of NewTV in Newton, MA. A graduate of Emerson College, Paul was extremely good-natured, intelligent, thoughtful, and fair, creating a collaborative atmosphere for his staff to share their ideas to improve NewTV. Paul generously […]
The ACM States its Case in DC
THE ACM STATES ITS CASE IN DC KEITH THIBAULT, CHAIR OF THE ACM BOARD OF DIRECTORS …. …. I had the pleasure of joining more than 30 members of the ACM for meetings with Congress and the FCC earlier this month in Washington DC. Our visits to the nation’s capital are always a great opportunity […]
2019 Conference & Trade Show: Portland,
Save the date for #ACMNEPORTLANDME from October 31 – November 1, 2019 at the Westin Portland Harborview Hotel! This is the premiere annual community media conference in the Northeast region which brings together media professionals, media vendor companies, artists, educators and more! You won’t want to miss it! Plan for a fun Halloween costume party, […]
Latest ACM Call to Action (Jan 31, 2019)
The Federal Government is now slowly revving up after the partial shutdown has ended. We’d like ACM members to focus on two items now that the FCC is back to work: 1. We need members to contact their US House Representatives asking that they express their disapproval at the FCC’s proposed actions in the FNPRM on […]
Mini-Grant Awarded to BIG for 360 Storyt...
The ACM-NE Community Media Fund is open to anyone within the PEG media network in our Northeast Region: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York. Nonprofit media centers, government organizations, educational institutions as well as individuals or artists working with the PEG media center are eligible to apply! We look for […]
This October: BIG’s Public VR Lab projec
Sent to us from Erin Kinney at Brookline Interactive Group: BIG / Public VR Lab Launches Immigration & Migration Participatory Media XR/VR Project at HUBweek 2018 Brookline Interactive Group (BIG) and its project, the Public VR Lab, are proudly announcing that they will be presenting the Boston-only release of their immersive stories from their Arrival: Immigration […]
Looking for the Northeast Annual Meeting...
Annual Membership Meeting for ACM Northeast Wednesday, July 11, 2018 3:15 – 4:15pm Key Ballroom 9-10 Hilton Baltimore Here is the 2018 Annual Report including the 2017 and 2018 activities and reports! Click on the link below to the full report! ACMNEBALT_ANNUALMTNG_2018
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 […]