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CA: The Cancellation of Channel 36

Thu, 01 May 2008 23:15:09 -0400

from: La Times

The Cancellation of Channel 36

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Los Angeles Times, May 1, 2008
By Patt Morrison

It's the channel you probably channel-surf right past on your way from Discovery to CNN.

CA: AT$T’s TV Plans Don’t Click in California

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:17:15 -0500

from: Palo Alto Online

AT&T’s TV Plans Don’t Click in California

February 13, 2008
By Becky Trout

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 DC

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:56:07 -0500

from: Midpeninsula Community Media Center

See source above for video links

Friday, February 8, 2008
ED Annie Folger Preserving Public Access in Washington DC

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 television

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:29:41 -0500

from: Palo Alto Daily News

Broadcasting a warning for television
Friday Feb 1

Media advocate: Public programming needs to be protected

By Kristina Peterson / Daily News Staff Writer
Congress got a taste of Palo Alto's civic engagement this week when a local media coordinator flew across the country to testify about the importance of preserving public access programming.

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

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:40:12 -0500

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 Closed

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:32:52 -0500

from: Ojai Valley News

Thursday, January 24, 2008
Ojai's Public Access May Be Closed

If Time Warner inks deal with state, it will likely be curtains for local television shows

By Nao Braverman
Public access television stations, known to feature quirky television shows with all the amateur charm of low-budget production and editing, may be heading for demise in California, and even sooner in Ojai.

CA: AT$T Says Attack Misinformed

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:49:57 -0500

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 channel

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:23:40 -0500

from: The Signal

City Eyeing Public Access TV Options
Santa Clarita has a year to figure out a way to save public channel.

By Katherine Geyer
Signal Staff Writer
Monday January 21, 2008

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. Oversight

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:07:02 -0500

from: MultiChannel News

Operators Opt For Calif. Oversight
Cable Companies Take Advantage Of State Law Replacing Local Franchise Terms
By Linda Haugsted -- Multichannel News, 1/21/2008 5:30:00 AM

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'

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:33:59 -0500

from: OC Register

Friday, January 11, 2008
Costa Mesa officials try to block 'eyesore'
AT&T wants to put scores of metal boxes on city streets, raising concerns about aesthetics.

By JEFF OVERLEY
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Comments 1 | Recommend 7

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.

CA: Access is difficult on AT$T cable

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:05:44 -0500

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.

CA: Comcast applies for California video franchise

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:15:30 -0500

from: Eldo Telecom

Friday, December 21, 2007
Comcast applies for California video franchise

Comcast has joined cable providers Cox, Time Warner, Charter and Wave Broadband in applying for a statewide franchise with the California Public Utilities Commission under the Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act that took effect in early 2007.

CA: Time Warner customers misled by AT$T ad

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:18:43 -0400

from: LA Times

Time Warner customers misled by AT&T ad
October 17 2007

David Lazarus:
Consumer Confidential

An ad from AT&T that ran the other day in these pages and elsewhere warned that some Time Warner Cable customers are in danger of losing phone service as the cable giant makes some technical changes.

CA: When Will Public Access TV Come to Fresno?

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:35:15 -0400

from: IndyBay

When Will Public Access TV Come to Fresno?
by Mike Rhodes
Tuesday Sep 25th, 2007 5:24 PM

Now is the time to SUPPORT PEG access in Fresno.

When Will Public Access TV Come to Fresno?
By Mike Rhodes

Efforts to establish Public, Education, and Government (PEG) programing on the cable network in Fresno have been underway for over six years now. What happens in the next month or two will determine whether or not individuals and community groups will have an opportunity to produce and broadcast programs on Comcast cable.

Pending FCC ruling could affect cable franchises nationwide

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:04:17 -0400

from: Eureka Reporter

Pending FCC ruling could affect cable franchises nationwide

by Steve Spain, The Eureka Reporter, 9/17/2007

An imminent ruling by the Federal Communications Commission may toss municipal cable franchise agreements out the window. According to sources in Washington, D.C., the FCC is expected to rule next week on the ability of local governments to negotiate franchise contracts with cable and telecom operators.