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from: The Mountain Press

County's legislators support change to help AT&T

By: DEREK HODGES Staff Writer
March 10, 2008

"I've gotten more correspondence from voters on this one issue than I have about anything else since I got elected," State Sen. Raymond Finney, R-Maryville, said. "I've been amazed at just how strongly people feel about this."

from: New Haven Register

Hartford Public Access May Be on U-verse After 18-Month Delay

March 8, 2008
By Luther Turmelle

Local public access television channels could make their debut on AT&T’s U-verse system by sometime next month, 16 months after the service was launched in the state, company officials said Friday.

from: Record Journal

Regular channels on AT&T sought for community access [extended report]
by George Moore
MyRecordJournal.com (CT)
03/07/08

HARTFORD - Public television officials and others argued before the state legislature Friday that AT&T should be required to offer community access and government television as regular channels in its new U-verse television service.

from: Mountain Times

Sevierville BOMA among opponents of AT&T proposal
By: DEREK HODGES Staff Writer March 10, 2008

That vote was conveyed to state lawmakers representing the area and was done immediately following a request from AT&T representative Dennis Wagner that the Board of Mayor and Aldermen support the move.

from: Glimpses Through Stained Glass

Saturday, March 8, 2008
Blogging interrupted by citizenship

Members of the Energy & Technology Committee:

I, ..., current Chairman of the Cable Advisory Council Comcast Branford and Statewide Video Council designee; DO NOT SUPPORT HB5814, An Act Concerning Community Access Television. [I do however support Community Access TV in to the wee hours of the morning.]

from: New Haven Register

Posted on Sat, Mar 8, 2008
Public access channels may be on U-verse by next month
By Luther Turmelle, North Bureau Chief

HARTFORD — Local public access television channels could make their debut on AT&T’s U-verse system by sometime next month, 16 months after the service was launched in the state, company officials said Friday.

from: The Durham News

New public-access TV law comes with a price
Samiha Khanna, Staff Writer

East Durham resident Mattie Rouse doesn't have a car, and can't get around that easily on foot. So she doesn't get to Greater Joy Baptist Church much anymore to see the bishop.

But she's hopeful she'll continue to be able to see him on cable Channel 8. Greater Joy's Bishop James Daniel is one of several ministers in Durham who have been broadcasting their sermons on Durham's public-access channel for nearly 20 years for free. Many of the shows are broadcast on Sundays and repeated during the week.

from: National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA)

NATOA Survey: Impact of State Video Services Legislation

March 5, 2008 11:10 AM
Impact of State Video Services Legislation
Early Results Do Not Evidence Sufficient Competitive Benefits

Alexandria, VA – The National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) today released results of a preliminary survey it conducted among its members to obtain a snapshot of the impact state video services legislation has had to date on communities and subscribers. While state video franchising is still a relatively new concept, the survey posed questions regarding its effects on competition, rates and services, PEG (Public, Educational and Governmental) access, and consumer complaints. Responses came from 14 of the states which have adopted state video legislation. A total of 139 Local Franchising Authorities (LFAs), representing 10 million cable subscribers (15% of cable subscribers nationwide), participated in the survey.

from: My Record journal

Public access may be hard to access on U-verse
By: George Moore, staff 8:20 pm
03/05/2008

WALLINGFORD - The ability to find public access shows while channel surfing will play a central role in a struggle between public access advocates and AT&T's new television service, U-verse.

from: MultiChannel News

Tenn. Eyes New Franchising Bill
Proposal Would Give Authority 90 Days To Act On Application
By Linda Haugsted -- Multichannel News, 3/5/2008 8:34:00 AM

A state franchising proposal, which would create a new state commission composed of city and county officials, has passed the Tennessee House utilities, banking and small business committee.