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Omnibus Telecommunications Reform Act of 2007

dianakuan — Tue, 22 May 2007 10:01:12 -0400

This state-wide video franchise bill and broadband initiative bill is sponsored by Assemblyman Brodsky with the support of the CWA. The press conference took place in Albany, NY on May 15th, 2007. Read the bill online: A 3980B. There is a companion bill in the Senate (S 5124). Video produced by Manhattan Neighborhood Network.

Senate PSAs

jenniferwager — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:01:56 -0400

Kids get it...why not Congress? This PSA encourages viewers to tell their senators and Congressmen about the importance of saving public access.

Portuguese Save Access PSA

jenniferwager — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:39:49 -0400

A Save Access PSA in Portuguese

NYC City Council Vote on Resolution 0136

dianakuan — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:25:32 -0500

The New York City Council voted on May 10th to "Keep it Local." The full Council unanimously called on the U.S. Congress NOT to pass the draconian new telecom bill that seeks to strip local municipalities of their authority over cable franchising and to limit funding and channel capacity for Public, Educational, and Government (PEG) stations.

This is a HUGE victory and sends a powerful message in support of community media and local democracy all across the country!!

Day of Out(r)age

dianakuan — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:09:26 -0500

On May 24th, many cities around the country decided to show their outrage at the greedy telecoms such as AT&T, Verizon, Bell South, and Qwest. These companies are spending $1 million dollars a week to buy votes in Congress for their deregulatory legislation known as the COPE bill. COPE, which stands for Communications Opportunity Protection and Enchancement claims to offer more choices and more competion, but will in fact endager Public Access centers around the country.

Help Save Public Access!

dianakuan — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 12:34:42 -0500

Your community cable channels (public, educational, governmental) are under threat by pending legislation in the House and Senate.

Community Access TV is a place to see and hear local viewpoints and diverse ideas and cultural expressions. This is where every person can express themselves through the making and airing of their own television show.

Nowadays commercial media interests sometimes argue that we don't need Community Access TV anymore because there are lots of commercial channels to choose from. This is like arguing that because a town has a bookstore it no longer needs a public library. As the media becomes a bigger part of our lives the public needs more Community Access TV (and other forms of non-commercial publlic "Greenspace" media - such as local low power radio, and publicly accessible Internet), not less of it!