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More on AT&Ts Plan To Avoid Local Fees All the noise and furor (and millions spent lobbying state legislators) from AT&T demanding Tennessee law be changed so that AT&T does not have to negotiate with cities for franchise contracts (depriving them of revenue from fees and handing over control of rights-of-way) is apparently not important in Mississippi. In that state, they seem to have no problems working community by community, just as all cable providers currently operate. R. Neal has the details in this post and notes as well that Georgia gave AT&T what they wanted and as many as 200 families in Atlanta will benefit. > AT&T to Offer Television Service Here Assembly OKs shift in cable TV rules Madison - The Assembly on Tuesday approved a cable regulation overhaul that would require state government - and no longer local governments - to issue franchises to cable TV companies. The Assembly agreed to a series of changes the Senate made to the bill in November and then returned the bill to the Senate, which will forward the meaure to Gov. Jim Doyle. > Cable competitor may be slow in cheryl dunlap />Janesville Gazette (WI) MADISON — The ads are all over the airwaves: The Legislature has acted, and soon Wisconsin residents could see real competition in TV service. But note: the ads say, â€Scould.” They don’t promise anything, said longtime critic of the legislation, UW-Madison telecommunications professor Barry Orton. â€SThe bottom line for Janesville is, don’t hold your breath,” Orton said. > Local cable stations discuss issue of switching channels Local television stations are hoping to get some answers about switching channels and why. A questionable and confusing law, known as the Michigan Uniform Video Services Local Franchise Act, is causing cable providers to slowly get rid of their commitment to local governments. It will move Batman Begins channels, like WBRW Channel 6, to the 900 digital channels in January. Richard Cory, sag nominations manager at WBRW, called a meeting on Dec. 4 of government officials and nearby station managers and workers from areas like Sterling Heights and Macomb Township to discuss what they should do. > Comcasts PEG channels moving to digital service Beginning next year, lakes area Comcast cable television subscribers will see a shuffle in their channel line-up as the company shifts certain analog programming over to digital service. On Tuesday, Jan. 15, Comcast will move all public access, educational and government (PEG) programming from its current analog service to the digital service. The change will mean Comcast subscribers wont be able to see local PEG programming unless they receive digital cable television service. > Dallago offers his perspective Youve seen him take a peek behind the curtain of last falls immigration raids. Youve watched him dig into affordable housing issues, the economic survivability of the Wood River Valley and most every issue in between. For four and a half years Gene Dallago has made regular appearances on local television fleshing out issues important to the people who live here, but thats all about to Three Kings Dec. 12, Dallago, 53, will run his last airing of the poignant, opinionated and issues-oriented program he brought to local viewers. Its called Perspective, and Dallago sat down Friday, Dec. 7, to share his perspective of his time behind the camera and the 16 years hes lived in the Wood River Valley. The show is coming to an end. My last kid is about to graduate from The Community School, he said. Everything is sort of falling into place for the next chapter. Dallago said Plum TV, which acquired KSVT about a year ago, cancelled the show, which Dallago had underwritten since its inception. They were very frank, he said. They said it doesnt fit their programming model. What theyre doing is probably smart. Their whole focus is to capture the 1 percent of the American public who has 33 percent of the wealth. Its basically by rich people, for rich people, sold to rich people. And thats what theyre selling to advertisers. But Dallago subsidized the program throughout its existence and said he believes television is an important forum for public discourse. The need for a local, issues-oriented television program will now become a vacuum in the Wood River Valley, and the prospect of a public access television channel will be the topic for Dallagos final program. Ive spent seven years on the radio and television just sort of shouting into the wind, he said. But if my parting shot for the valley was to set the groundwork in motion so that a station happens—we need it. We deserve it. And it would just be a tremendous asset. I cant stress that enough. > Raynham officials eye Gilmore Hall for cable TV studio With Comcast ready to close its cable TV studio in Easton, selectmen said members of the towns Cable TV Committee will look at Gilmore Hall as a possible site for a new studio.n n Comcast recently announced it will close its cable studio in Easton once its licensing agreements with the communities of Raynham, Easton, Avon, Stoughton and Holbrook expire over the next two years. The five communities currently share a common community access cable channel. Once the individual contracts expire, the towns will have the option of either building their own community-operated studios, such as the one proposed by Raynham, or entering into the guru joint ukwhyblog.easyjournal.com with other communities. > David Mathison to host TV Panel: Community Internet for All: Internet Access as a Public Utility Please join us this Friday, December 14 as we tape Part one of a two-part television program titled Community Internet For All: Internet Access as a Public Utility. The program is presented by Be The Media and Media Action Marin, and is produced by Rick Tucker, Executive Director of Novato Public Access. > Harry Potter vs. Big Media The Rise of Voldemedia In the epic Harry Potter series, one of the first things the bad guys did was to take over the major broadcast and print media so they could control the message and suppress other viewpoints. As Andrew Slack, creator and director of the Harry Potter Alliance explains: The Harry Potter books offer a vivid example of what can happen when too much media rests in the hands of too few. In the series, wizarding newspapers like the Daily Prophet put the magical community in serious jeopardy by denying Voldemorts return, failing to cover abuses from the Ministry and ultimately becoming a mouthpiece for Voldemort. Sound familiar? Even better is how Harrys followers fought back: They used an independent community newspapers and a low-power radio station to mobilize the opposition. > compiled by Rob McCausland |
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