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from: Heritage Newspapers

Comcast moving local public access channels to digital service

PUBLISHED: January 2, 2008
DEARBORN

Customers of Comcast cable television in Dearborn should know that Comcast is moving CDTV, the city of Dearborn's government channel, from channel 12 to channel 915 on Jan. 15.

from: Tampa Bay Online

Local Network's Warnings About TV Unheeded

By LOUISE THOMPSON

Published: December 25, 2007

Regarding the Tribune editorial, "Bright House Snubs Public Good" (Our Opinion, Dec. 13):

In this editorial about Bright House Networks moving local government channels to the 600 tier, you neglected to let your readers know that their own local public access channels have also been moved from Bright House channels 19 and 20 to digital channels 949 and 950 or Outer Mongolia on the TV channel lineup.

Also worth noting is that Verizon has had no problem securing local franchises in NY and MA where there is no state franchise law.

from: Commercial Appeal

Is cable TV law really needed?
Friday, December 28, 2007

When it was making the rounds in the Tennessee General Assembly last spring, a bill dealing with cable television franchising was jokingly dubbed "the Lobbyists Full Employment Act."

from: Light Reading

2007 Top Ten: Cable Fables & Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 24, 2007

Capacity crunch? Surging satellite and telco competition? Plummeting stock prices? Regulatory jihad? Lawsuits? Angry Net Neutrality zealots? A hammer-toting granny with 'tude? Yeah, it's fair to say that the cable industry faced a wide swath of issues in 2007.

from: Lasar's Letter

Telco resists DTV notifications on phone bills
by Matthew Lasar Dec 14 2007 - 10:51am DTV transition

A major phone company threw the book at a proposal to require incumbent telcos to provide consumers with information about the upcoming DTV transition in their telephone and cable bills. Qwest's December 12th filing with the Federal Communications Commission claims the idea will cause "customer confusion" and violate the First Amendment.

from: Lasar's Letter

The Good FCC
by Matthew Lasar Dec 21 2007 - 11:22am Politics

On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission, by a bare majority, voted to lift its over three decade old prohibition against an entity owning a newspaper and a television station in the same market. Most FCC watchers will now shift their visors to Congress and the circuit courts, where media reform activists will doubtless turn in a bid to reverse this ruling.

from: MLive

Comcast changes concern local officials

Posted by Julia Zaher | The Grand Blanc News December 26, 2007 15:33PM

GRAND BLANC TWP. -- Concern about Comcast's decision to close its public access television studio in Flint and move public access programming to the 900 channel spectrum has program producers, residents and local officials concerned.

from: Journal Sentinal

Editorial: Competition for cable

A bill signed by Gov. Jim Doyle opens the state for increased competition in video services, which will help consumers if rule-making doesn't needlessly slow the process down.
From the Journal Sentinel
Posted: Dec. 26, 2007

Wisconsin residents should see the value of increased competition for video services now that cable television's hammerlock is about to be pried loose.

from: Palo Alto Daily

Access is difficult on AT&T cable
Palo Alto considers suit against telecom giant
By Kristina Peterson / Daily News Staff Writer

Most Monday nights, the Palo Alto City Council meeting on Channel 26 is just a couple clicks away from any resident with cable television.

from: News Advance

Comcast expected to cut support for public access TV
By Alicia Petska
apetska@newsadvance.com
December 22, 2007

Comcast is looking to call “Cut!” on Lynchburg’s public access channel, with its next franchise contract expected to drop funding for the station that runs community announcements, City Council meetings and a bevy of public-generated shows.