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CALIFORNIACA: The Cancellation of Channel 36Posted on May 1, 2008 - 10:15pm.
from: La Times The Cancellation of Channel 36 Increase text size Decrease text size Email this page Print this page Los Angeles Times, May 1, 2008 It's the channel you probably channel-surf right past on your way from Discovery to CNN. ( categories: CALIFORNIA | State Franchises )
CA: AT$T’s TV Plans Don’t Click in CaliforniaPosted on February 22, 2008 - 1:17pm.
from: Palo Alto Online February 13, 2008 Within months, AT&T Inc. plans to begin offering television service in Palo Alto over phone lines, introducing a new format for local programming that has the cable experts at the Midpeninsula Community Media Center and City of Palo Alto concerned. CA: ED Annie Folger Preserving Public Access in Washington DCPosted on February 18, 2008 - 3:56pm.
from: Midpeninsula Community Media Center See source above for video links Friday, February 8, 2008 The Media Center's Executive Director, Annie Folger, recently flew out to Washington DC to speak in front of Congress, representing the Alliance for Community Media. She was fighting for Comcast and AT&T to continue to providing PEG (Public, Educational and Government) services as they currently are (or better) and to abide by local, state, and federal laws. CA: Broadcasting a warning for televisionPosted on February 2, 2008 - 8:29am.
from: Palo Alto Daily News Broadcasting a warning for television Media advocate: Public programming needs to be protected By Kristina Peterson / Daily News Staff Writer ( categories: CALIFORNIA | State Franchises )
CA: Time Warner wants to get off the hook with MoorparkPosted on February 1, 2008 - 8:40am.
Note: Another case of rising 'basic cable' rates a a result of state franchises. Once local oversight is lifted by the FCC, cable and phone companies have raised the 'basic cable' rate by as much as 200%. from: Moorpark Acorn Time Warner wants to get off the hook with Moorpark CA: Ojai's Public Access May Be ClosedPosted on January 25, 2008 - 8:32am.
from: Ojai Valley News Thursday, January 24, 2008 If Time Warner inks deal with state, it will likely be curtains for local television shows By Nao Braverman CA: AT$T Says Attack MisinformedPosted on January 24, 2008 - 9:49am.
Note: The 'attacks' in question were hardly misinformed - only AT&T's response can be considered misinformation. AT&T places regional PEG channels on a Channel 99 submenu on their U-verse system - a submenu list that could grow to over a hundred becoming increasingly unwieldy and useless. This is a side-effect of telco/cable providers moving to a regional head-end, eliminating local head-in systems for cost efficiencies (think Clear Channel and the loss of localism). CA: Santa Clarita has a year to figure out a way to save public channelPosted on January 24, 2008 - 8:23am.
from: The Signal City Eyeing Public Access TV Options By Katherine Geyer The city of Santa Clarita will spend the next year figuring out how to continue providing programming on its public access channel thanks to a 2006 state law that relieves cable companies of the responsibility of operating a public access studio beginning in 2009. CA: Operators Opt For Calif. OversightPosted on January 24, 2008 - 8:07am.
from: MultiChannel News Operators Opt For Calif. Oversight Operators big and small have taken advantage of California law allowing operators to replace local franchise terms with state oversight. Costa Mesa officials try to block AT$T 'eyesore'Posted on January 15, 2008 - 8:33am.
from: OC Register Friday, January 11, 2008 By JEFF OVERLEY COSTA MESA – Plans to add scores of steel boxes to city streets for Internet access and television service are riling elected officials who are concerned about damage to neighborhood aesthetics. |
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