“two decades ago”
It’s hard to put the toothpaste back in the tube, right?
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Why did Comcast cave?
[continued from How Community Voice Channel Got High Definition] The Buske Group keeps track of PEG channels that have HD channels from various cable providers. Their latest list from last November includes PEGs in Comcast territory, many with smaller populations than Comcast Vernon’s area, most with a much higher population density (because: Buildout… right?). Comcast […]
Read more "Why did Comcast cave?"How Community Voice Channel Got High Definition
In a land without a franchise renewal process, O Best Beloved, there once was a CAP (that is, a Community Access Provider). It was neither too big or too small, serving just seven fairly rural towns. OK, that’s enough Kiplingese for now. In plain English: we have puzzled over how—in Connecticut where all 5% of […]
Read more "How Community Voice Channel Got High Definition"Holding your breath for the Proverbial Fat Lady
We think the PEGPETIA program is coming back. We are waiting to exhale. A state budget bill for both appropriations and revenue (HB 7424) includes a section (350) that repeals CT General Statutes section 16-331ii, the one that you take away the funding for community access capital expenses every year. Another section (370) returns 2 […]
Read more "Holding your breath for the Proverbial Fat Lady"What happens next for PEGPETIA?
HB 5486 An Act Repealing the Transfer from the Public, Educational and Governmental Programming and Education Technology Investment Account (PEGPETIA) to the General Fund. (March 28, 2019) As of last night, we heard that leaders of the Finance, Revenue and Bonding committee (in particular co-chair Rep. Jason Rojas) plan to vote this bill out of committee. This would […]
Read more "What happens next for PEGPETIA?"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 […]
Read more "So what else happened in Hartford?"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 […]
Read more "So how did things go in Hartford?"A message from Community Voice Channel
We need your help with supporting SB 677 and HB 6419, with the goal of requiring he cable companies to broadcast our channel signals in HD. Community Voice Channel will be at the public hearing on Tuesday, and would appreciate if you could down load and sign THIS LETTER and email it back to hd@cvcct.org and ETtestimony@cga.ct.gov. Every […]
Read more "A message from Community Voice Channel"How the state budget process works
In case you wondered, here’s a document attempting to ‘splain it all: Office of Fiscal Analysis powerpoint.
Read more "How the state budget process works"Level of Service, Level of Technology
SB 677 and HB 6419 are noted with links in a previous post. Information about them comes to us from Community Voice Channel, a regional CAP based in Bolton and serving seven towns altogether. CVC is a member of the national Alliance for Community Media. Both of these bills are on the agenda for a […]
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