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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
MakerSpace & Youth Film Screening Room a
MakerSpace & Youth Film Screening Room What’s in a MakerSpace? Pretty much anything, we are told. In this case, on both Thursday and Friday, you can take a break from the major events and drop in to check it out! See below for what is in store for this MakerSpace room: Sample artifacts from a […]
ACMNY: We need more community access
According to Maryann Arrien of the Alliance of Community Media of New York there are vast areas of New York State that have either no Local Community Access TV channels, or an inadequate number of channels and staffing to support their operations, putting New York State residents at a disadvantage compared to other states in […]
Locally Celebrating Local Access
Earlier this month Somerville’s SCATV sent an invitation to their June 20 Community Vault screening. A news article previewing the celebration appeared just before, detailing how they put it together. But for those of us who couldn’t make the trip, how did it go? Erica Jones: “We had around 50 people come. It was magical to see […]
Mike Wassenaar ‘splains it all for us
If you are reading this, you already know why community access is important. Have you ever had trouble convincing anyone outside of PEG circles–your local government officials or other community leaders? Would it help to have an articulate expert from elsewhere? As part of a long effort to get this message across to state and local […]
Changing access funding procedure
Somerset Access TV in Massachusetts is undergoing some changes in its funding, as published in South Coast Today, “Selectmen take control of cable money”: http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20150529/SPECIAL/150529584/101129