AT&T

Video: PEG Access in the Digital Age

Posted 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
Posted February 15, 2008 by Rob McCausland

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).

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TN: Lawmakers meet with reps on cable bill

Posted on February 7, 2008 - 8:52am.

Forbes

Lawmakers meet with reps on cable bill
02.05.08, 1:24 PM ET

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.

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TN: Naifeh on cable-AT$T battle

Posted on February 7, 2008 - 8:48am.

The Nashville Post

Naifeh on cable-AT&T battle
Nashville Post
Ken Whitehouse
02/04/08

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.

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TN: Naifeh wants AT$T, Comcast to agree

Posted on February 7, 2008 - 8:45am.

from: The Tennessean

Naifeh wants AT&T, Comcast to agree
Governor doubts rival cable businesses will compromise
By NAOMI SNYDER • Staff Writer • February 5, 2008

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.

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TN: AT$T's stand against franchising rules is potentially discriminatory

Posted 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.

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Unscripted Ending: The picture gets blurry for public access television

Posted on February 7, 2008 - 8:32am.

from: Governing.com

Unscripted Ending
The picture gets blurry for public access television.

By JOSH GOODMAN

Public Access 2.0
Watch clips of shows on the "new" public access, YouTube

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."

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TN: Bredesen questions tactics in cable-permitting fight

Posted on February 2, 2008 - 8:33am.

from: Knox News

Bredesen questions tactics in cable-permitting fight
Governor says he may get involved in contentious proposal

Associated Press
Friday, February 1, 2008

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.

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MI: Public Access Advocates Hoping to Hold on to Cable Channel

Posted on February 1, 2008 - 11:36am.

from: Flint journal

Public Access Advocates Hoping to Hold on to Cable Channel

January 30, 2008
By Joe Lawlor

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.

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CA: Time Warner wants to get off the hook with Moorpark

Posted 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 Permitting

Posted on February 1, 2008 - 8:18am.

News Channel 5

Bredesen Questions Approach To Fight Over Cable Permitting
Posted: Jan 31, 2008 07:58 PM

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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