(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 & […]
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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 […]
New Hampshire PEG Video Festival Seeking...
The Friends of Access Nashua (in Nashua, NH) are looking to do a NH PEG station Video Festival and want to have judging stations from outside of New Hampshire. They will use the same categories as those used in the ACM video festivals with some slight variation of the judging criteria. All videos need to be available […]
Women Making History
Wilmington Equipment Sale
Attention Producers and Access Centers alike! Wilmington Community Television will be holding a sale of some of its used and surplus equipment over the next two weeks: Monday, February 1 – Friday, February 12. Anyone looking for a deal on some SD production gear, much of it still in very good shape, can come down […]
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 […]