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AT&TVideo: PEG Access in the Digital AgePosted on February 18, 2008 - 3:00pm.
from: Community Media Clips “PEG Access in the Digital Age”: The Entire Congressional Hearing, in Order, in YouTube Clips Here are clips of the January 29 hearing held by the House Telecommunications & Internet Subcommittee, “PEG Services in the Digital Age.” The clips are in chronological order, beginning with opening statements (1-7), witnesses testimony (8-11), and representatives’ questions (12-20). TN: Lawmakers meet with reps on cable billPosted on February 7, 2008 - 8:52am.
Lawmakers meet with reps on cable bill NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh on Monday denied there's been a lack of transparency in the handling of a contentious proposal to change cable permitting rules in Tennessee to encourage broadband access around the state. TN: Naifeh on cable-AT$T battlePosted on February 7, 2008 - 8:48am.
Naifeh on cable-AT&T battle Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives Jimmy Naifeh was joined by two Republican colleagues in his office to guarantee to the media that "there will be a bill brought before the state legislature" in the ongoing battle of AT&T vs. Cable. TN: Naifeh wants AT$T, Comcast to agreePosted on February 7, 2008 - 8:45am.
from: The Tennessean Naifeh wants AT&T, Comcast to agree House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh and a bipartisan group of legislators vowed Monday to press ahead on legislation to allow AT&T to sell video services across Tennessee, despite doubts that a deal can be worked out with rival cable providers. TN: AT$T's stand against franchising rules is potentially discriminatoryPosted on February 7, 2008 - 8:42am.
from: The Tennessean AT&T's stand against franchising rules is potentially discriminatory By BISHOP GEORGE PRICE • February 3, 2008 Almost a half-century ago, the battle for civil rights and equal opportunity raged throughout the communities of Tennessee. Unscripted Ending: The picture gets blurry for public access televisionPosted on February 7, 2008 - 8:32am.
from: Governing.com Unscripted Ending By JOSH GOODMAN Public Access 2.0 Every Monday evening for more than a decade in Portage, Indiana, Gordon Bloyer stirred up trouble. The middle-aged, mustachioed Bloyer used his 6:30 p.m. television talk show to lambast elected officials in the city of 35,000 on the shore of Lake Michigan. Not only were Portage politicians powerless to cancel the Gordon Bloyer Show — although at times they tried — they also were, in a sense, subsidizing Bloyer's attacks on them: His show appeared on public access television. "People would get all upset," Bloyer says, sounding satisfied. "So I figured that's good." ( categories: AT&T | State Franchises )
TN: Bredesen questions tactics in cable-permitting fightPosted on February 2, 2008 - 8:33am.
from: Knox News Bredesen questions tactics in cable-permitting fight Associated Press CHATTANOOGA - Gov. Phil Bredesen is questioning the approach by House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh in the fight to change cable-permitting rules in Tennessee to encourage broadband access around the state. MI: Public Access Advocates Hoping to Hold on to Cable ChannelPosted on February 1, 2008 - 11:36am.
from: Flint journal Public Access Advocates Hoping to Hold on to Cable Channel January 30, 2008 He’s a slouching, white-haired government critic who shouts out of your television set and shakes his hands to make a point. But Bob Leonard, the former Genesee County prosecutor, no longer appears on Comcast Channel 17. 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 TN: Bredesen Questions Approach To Fight Over Cable PermittingPosted on February 1, 2008 - 8:18am.
Bredesen Questions Approach To Fight Over Cable Permitting CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- Gov. Phil Bredesen is questioning the approach by House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh in the fight to change cable permitting rules in Tennessee to encourage broadband access around the state. |
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