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TN: Area city officials oppose AT$T push for video, TV service
from: Times News
Area city officials oppose AT&T push for video, TV service
Published 01/04/2008 By Hank Hayes
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Officials with Tri-Cities municipal governments expressed opposition to AT&T’s legislative push for a statewide video services franchise while handing out their 2008 policy marching orders to Northeast Tennessee lawmakers Friday.
FL: County sells out to cable provider
from: St. Petersburg Times
County sells out to cable provider
A Times Editorial
Published January 4, 2008
State Rep. Trey Traviesa, R-Tampa, was the force behind a predatory law last year that enables the pay-TV industry to wring even more from its customers while giving back less in return. Local government and consumer groups opposed the legislation. The cities of Tampa and St. Petersburg are fighting the fallout in court. Hillsborough County Commissioners, though, are more interested in exploiting the law for their own self-promotion than in defending the public interest. Once again, the county distinguishes itself by siding with big business instead of average citizens.
MO: Columbia Access Television: Is the show over?
from: The Columbia Missourian
Columbia Access Television: Is the show over?
The public access station is at a crossroads
By EMILIE RUSCH
January 04, 2008
COLUMBIA — A canopy of studio lights from years gone by — still bearing the stenciled letters of the KTVI television station in St. Louis — hangs from the rafters of Studio A at the Stephens College Helis Communication Center.
TN: Fight for fiber
from: Times Free Pres
Fight for fiber
Thursday, January 03, 2008
By Dave Flessner
Staff Writer
The new year should bring new options for Chattanooga consumers who want high-speed Internet, telephone and cable TV services.
But as the local cable provider, electricity supplier and phone company try to invade one another's traditional turfs in 2008, battles loom in the General Assembly, the courts and ultimately the marketplace among Comcast, AT&T and EPB.
LOCAL COMMUNITIES PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF THE FCC'S SECOND CABLE FRANCHISING ORDER
Note: Thorough background from Miller Van Eaton on the recent FCC rulings effecting PEG
from: Miller Van Eaton
