The Road Show events were extremely well received and beneficial to our members. I am extremely proud of all the work we are doing regionally to serve our members. The ACM-NE needs to keep supporting the ACM’s work as we continue with our program for 2019 and the ACM-NE promises to be engaged and play […]
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Petition: Stop the FCC from Defunding PE...
Stop the FCC from Defunding PEG Channels The FCC is proposing to redefine what a franchise fee is – and it will radically reduce the level of monetary support available to run PEG access channels across the United States. PEG access channels provide government coverage that allows transparency so citizens can monitor local government actions […]
ACM Files Amicus Brief with US Supreme C...
The Alliance for Community Media filed an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court today defending the constitutionality of thousands of PEG Access cable channels that serve communities across the United States. The brief rejects arguments to the Supreme Court by NCTA, the cable industry’s trade association, in a case that revolves around the rights of public access […]
Our Roots: Remembering George Stoney
George Stoney was a filmmaker and PEG pioneer and although he rejected the title he is known as the “father of public access television”. Written and prepared by Amy Davies, ACM-NE Board Member Stoney began making films in the 1940’s for the Southern Educational Film Production. It was important to Stoney that his films had […]
ACM National Update: FCC, Supreme Court ...
Government Shutdown and the FCC If there’s a silver lining in the federal government shutdown, it’s that the FCC went dark last week. That means there’s no action on the FNPRM on cable franchising or any other non-essential work of the Commission. Once the FCC is back from the shutdown, ACM will be setting up ex parte meetings […]
Event: The ACM & ACM-NE “Road Show”
The Alliance for Community Media and ACM-NE along with the support of many state organizations in the Northeast are organizing a series of Strategic Planning discussions with PEG stations during the week of Presidents Day. Please consider joining us as we talk about potential revenue and channel impacts and we discuss scenarios stations should consider […]
Thank you for attending the Envision the...
The 2018 ACM-NE Conference, Trade Show & Nor’Easter Awards Ceremony at Proctors was a wonderful event full of networking, knowledge sharing and meaningful connections. Thank you to everyone who made it out including our dedicated volunteer base of presenters who shared with us their knowledge and hands-on experience. We will post presentations soon. We also […]
A Few Updates from the Northeast States
Maine After years of committed service, Sally Ann Hebert stepped down from the ACM-NE Board of Directors as the representative from the Community Television Association of Maine (CTAM). Sally still chairs CTAM, still works as Deputy Tax Collector, Deputy Town Clerk and Registrar of Voters in the Town of Greene, and still manages WGLT (Greene […]
Preparing for November 6
This came in recently from Tracey Gilles & Jane Morriss, Ayer Public Access Television 12 Candidates for Niki Tsongas Congressional Seat Interviewed One-on-One by Ayer Public Access Television. Next Tuesday (September 4, 2018), Democratic voters who live in one of the 37 towns located in Massachusetts’ Third Congressional District will be asked to choose one candidate […]
What a scholarship is good for
We received this from Danielle Maloney from Germantown NY and PANDA 23 , who went to “Be More,” the national ACM conference last July on a Paul Berg Scholarship from ACM Northeast. I had a great experience attending the 2018 ACM National Conference in Baltimore. I learned a lot from the panel sessions I attended. Also of equal importance to […]