Connecticut PEG people at the national ACM conference

Jennifer Evans (West Hartford), Susan Huizenga (Wallingford), Sandra Austin Goldstein, and Scott & Jackie Allo (Newington) all attended the nation conference of the Alliance for Community Media in Chicago at the end of June 2022. One evening was devoted to the Hometown Media Awards. Team Hercules of Wallingford Public Access TV & Community Center received an award […]

2020 Fish Frenzy: A Quick Preview

By the afternoon of January 30, the PURA website stopped showing new applications for Docket # 19-11-01 “Public Educational and Governmental Programming and Educational Technology Investment Account Program Pursuant to Public Act 07-253. ” The program was supposed to be open to applications until the end of January 31, but the total dollar amount of […]

Nick Lavigne pointing out equipment to Jennifer Evans — After talking about the future of community access media in the conference/break room, Community Voice Channel’s executive director Nick Lavigne gave us all a tour of the facility, starting with the attic. Here he is showing transmission equipment to Jennifer Evans, West Hartford Community Interactive, who recorded this tour on her phone. All photos in this sequence were taken by Stephen Mindera, Skye Cable XIII.

Another rack of equipment. — Send-receive equipment in the attic of Community Voice Channel.

Three people in the studio's control room — Pua Ford (Woodbridge Govt. Access TV) and Jennifer Evans listen to Nick Lavigne explain how the studio’s control room equipment was put together.

A smiling young man — Chris Morgan (Valley Shore Community TV) was also there…

another woman in the control room — … as was Karen Handville, Simsbury Community TV. Jenny Hawran (Win-TV, Windsor) was also in this shot, but not in focus. The only reason to leave her out is because you would never have recognized her from the photo.

two women chatting in the back of the studio — Actually, here’s another blurry shot of Jenny talking to Karen.

plastic plants and other props in boxes on a desk crammed into a corner — Props–I forget where these are stored.

Part of a small television studio with blue curtain and hanging lights — A view of the CVC studio.

another view of the studio, showing more hanging lights

another view of the studio witj off-white curtains and a ladder

another view of the studio with more of the pipes where lights hang — How the lights are hung in the CVC studio. When we first walked into this space, Jenny remarked to Karen Handville, “How do you like these high ceilings?” Karen sighed with longing.

the ceiling of the studio, with lights and a small camera — Look for the BlackMagic camera, hung for shots from above.

another view of the studio ceiling and a small BlackMagic camera — Here it is….

Karen Handville walking toward a studio camera — Other people’s toys are always more interesting.

three studio camera on rolling stands with the control room window behind them — The three ground-level studio cameras, with all accessories. (I hope someone can remind me if they were JVC or Panasonics–or maybe they can just tell by looking.)

A studio camera, with Nick Lavigne's arms as he shows it off — Nick explained how he put each of these camera outfits together.

a light projection of Santa Claus, sleigh, and two reindeer on an off-white curtain of the studio — One more cool thing they can do in the studio, obviously seasonal.

the building lobby, with a Christmas tree, poinsettia on a table, as well as a widescreen TV on the wall — Behind that tree, you can see a TV screen with a four-way split for the P, E, and G channels plus (I think) the running notification of the Public channel’s new number as a high-definition channel.

First leg of that Road Show

The moon was Full. Monday, February 19, 2019 featured both the first stop of a weeklong event as ACM president Mike Wassenaar and ACM Northeast Region chair Erica Jones

A brief recap and photos from across the states (including those at HPATV) is on the ACM Northeast website. Other news items on the federal policy front is also available elsewhere in their news section.

So what else happened in Hartford?

Energy & Technology hearing 02/19/19 This was the hearing that included several bills of interest on the agenda. Some of us ducked in and out to attend some of the ACM/ACM-NE Road Show happening simultaneously at Hartford Public Access. Because the hearing could not be covered by Connecticut Networks, a video of the entire 4.5 […]

So how did things go in Hartford?

Finance, Revenue, and Bonding Committee hearing 03/04/19 Connecticut Network recorded the whole 3.5-hour hearing, which listed 26 bills on its agenda. https://ct-n.com/ctn_stream.asp?odID=16076&autostart=false Written testimony for HB 5486 is online here. All are in support of repealing the statute that sweeps the PEGPETIA fund “in each fiscal year” after 2018. The whole recording is at this […]

Three winners from the Nutmeg State

Congratulations to these folks for their recognition from the ACM Northeast 2018 Video Festival: Robert J Blank & Robert Blank from Newington Community Television, Inc. for A Weekend to Remember in the Historical Documentary category Gil Martinez, Jose Gomez, and Dayl Walker from Hartford Public High School Academy of Engineering and Green Technology for Nepal […]

A state-sponsored event of interest

Alert member Susan Huizenga pointed out this upcoming Symposium, sponsored by the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection: Thursday, June 21 • 8:30am – 4:30pm • CT Convention Center, Hartford • Free to register, but the adjoining parking garage charges • More information at this link • We’ll take this up at our Meet&Greet in Waterbury.

Unexpected Correspondence, continued

Following the announcement from Frontier Communications, that the PEG channels on the U-Verse-style channel 99 menu would be moved to channels with their own numbers, Woodbridge raised its hand with a question: Dear Mr. Cicchetti– Thank you for all the information. Will our viewers be able to record our programs on their DVRs from the […]

(Re)join the Alliance at a discount

From now until March 31, 2018, PEG organizations can join the Alliance for Community at a 25% discount from current rates. Lapsed members—those who haven’t been members for at least 3 years—are also eligible for the discount. The dues are tiered according to an organization’s annual budget, with the smallest defined as those running on […]

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