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from: Detroit Free Press

Comcast channel changes opposed
Bill in the works would force return to original format

January 11, 2008

By CHRISTY ARBOSCELLO

FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

Michigan lawmakers are crafting a bill to reverse Comcast's plan to exile public access programming from the low-numbered stations to digital-only channels positioned in the 900s.

from: Lansing State Journal

Published January 11, 2008

Public TV: Comcast shift on public access enhances importance of Web
A Lansing State Journal editorial

Communities across mid-Michigan are running into the fallout of a 2006 state law altering oversight of cable television. The consensus view appears to be one of unhappiness at changes in which community content will appear.

from: Macomb Daily

PUBLISHED: Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Legislators fight cable channel switches

Comcast moving stations used by communities, schools to 900s.

By Frank DeFrank
Macomb Daily Staff Writer

State lawmakers may try to stop Comcast and other cable television companies from relocating government-access channels to less-frequented areas of the dial.

from: Blogging Broadband

Comcast Deadline to Respond to Chairman Dingell Approaches

Within hours, Comcast is expected to respond to Representative John Dingell’s December 21, 2007 letter which asked the company to postpone its plan to migrate public, educational, and government (”PEG”) access channels to the company’s digital tier. Representative Dingell is Chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, and may well be the most experienced member of Congress on cable issues. Nevertheless, I fear that Comcast will proceed with its plan.

from: Times Herald

Comcast risks its commitment to public access

The Blue Water Area Chamber of Commerce sent the following letter to Brian Roberts, Comcast's president and chief executive officer, in response to the announcement of its plans to eliminate PEG channels on the basic package for Comcast subscribers:

from: Lansing State Journal

Tim Skubick: Cable giant holds reins
Comcast's shift on local access reflects the times

Admittedly picking on the cable TV industry is easy. What other industry can routinely tell its customers to wait at home for a month for the repair guy to show up?

from: Heritage Newspapers

Comcast moving local public access channels to digital service

PUBLISHED: January 2, 2008
DEARBORN

Customers of Comcast cable television in Dearborn should know that Comcast is moving CDTV, the city of Dearborn's government channel, from channel 12 to channel 915 on Jan. 15.

from: MLive

Comcast changes concern local officials

Posted by Julia Zaher | The Grand Blanc News December 26, 2007 15:33PM

GRAND BLANC TWP. -- Concern about Comcast's decision to close its public access television studio in Flint and move public access programming to the 900 channel spectrum has program producers, residents and local officials concerned.

NEWS RELEASE

Committee on Energy and Commerce
Rep. John D. Dingell, Chairman

For immediate release: December 21, 2007

Contact: Jodi Seth or Carrie Annand, 202-225-5735
Chairman Dingell Challenges Comcast Decision Restricting Availability of Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) Channels

Washington, DC – Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, sent the following letter today to the Chairman and CEO of the Comcast Corporation regarding the company’s plan to require customers to lease additional equipment from Comcast to view public, educational and governmental (PEG) channels.

from: The Record Eagle

Published: December 21, 2007 09:30 am

Tctv2 supporters hope for better reception

By Melissa Domsic
mdomsic@record-eagle.com

TRAVERSE CITY -- Local officials are likely to pull the funding plug on public access television, but a private effort to raise cash could prevent the community channel from fading to black.