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from: Palo Alto Daily

Access is difficult on AT&T cable
Palo Alto considers suit against telecom giant
By Kristina Peterson / Daily News Staff Writer

Most Monday nights, the Palo Alto City Council meeting on Channel 26 is just a couple clicks away from any resident with cable television.

from: Eldo Telecom

Friday, December 21, 2007
Comcast applies for California video franchise

Comcast has joined cable providers Cox, Time Warner, Charter and Wave Broadband in applying for a statewide franchise with the California Public Utilities Commission under the Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act that took effect in early 2007.

from: LA Times

Time Warner customers misled by AT&T ad
October 17 2007

David Lazarus:
Consumer Confidential

An ad from AT&T that ran the other day in these pages and elsewhere warned that some Time Warner Cable customers are in danger of losing phone service as the cable giant makes some technical changes.

from: IndyBay

When Will Public Access TV Come to Fresno?
by Mike Rhodes
Tuesday Sep 25th, 2007 5:24 PM

Now is the time to SUPPORT PEG access in Fresno.

When Will Public Access TV Come to Fresno?
By Mike Rhodes

Efforts to establish Public, Education, and Government (PEG) programing on the cable network in Fresno have been underway for over six years now. What happens in the next month or two will determine whether or not individuals and community groups will have an opportunity to produce and broadcast programs on Comcast cable.

from: Eureka Reporter

Pending FCC ruling could affect cable franchises nationwide

by Steve Spain, The Eureka Reporter, 9/17/2007

An imminent ruling by the Federal Communications Commission may toss municipal cable franchise agreements out the window. According to sources in Washington, D.C., the FCC is expected to rule next week on the ability of local governments to negotiate franchise contracts with cable and telecom operators.

from: MultiChannel news

Calif. City: TWC’s Illegal
Carlsbad Files Suit Over Lapsed Cable Franchise

By Linda Haugsted -- Multichannel News, 9/17/2007

A San Diego County, Calif., municipality is suing Time Warner Cable, alleging the operator is illegally occupying city rights of way without a franchise.

from: EldoTelecom

Friday, August 24, 2007
Cable company in regulatory no man's land, SoCal city charges in lawsuit

This type of situation may begin to crop up frequently in California, where cable companies can opt to remain under local government franchise agreements or get a statewide franchise from the California Public Utilities Commission under new legislation that took effect this year, the Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act.

from: SF Weekly

Do you want to live in a world without "The Fantasy Bedtime Tour"?
Fri Jun 29, 2007 at 04:37:46 PM

What would we do without “The Fantasy Bedtime Hour” or “If Christ Returned to you Today?”

Do you want to live in a world without them?

Both can only be seen on San Francisco Cable Access Stations 29 and 76, so we may find out. Zane Blaney, Executive Director of the San Francisco Community Television Corporation (CTC), says California’s new cable laws might force San Francisco’s local cable access stations off the air.

from: LA Times

City to challenge FCC on cable TV proposal
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
June 2, 2007

The City Council voted Friday to file a lawsuit challenging tentative decisions by the Federal Communications Commission that city officials fear could reduce their authority to regulate cable television franchises.

from: PR Newswire

Telecom Execs Planned Regulators', Lawmakers' Junket to Japan

SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AT&T, Comcast and Verizon planned the agenda for regulators' and lawmakers' luxury trip to Japan last month, according to emails obtained by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR).