Exploring The Perceptions of Public Access Television

In beginning my thesis this semester to investigate the role of Public Access Television in the Age of YouTube, I’m beginning to shift my approach, once again. Previously, I explored the role of the community media center in the process of public access television. I realized that this is just one of the many roles [...]

Free Press Action Network Live Blogging Tomorrow's Hearing on PEG TV in the Digital Age

The Free Press Action Network has announced that it’s members will blog tomorrow’s Congressional Hearing on Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) Services in the Digital TV Age. Here are the details below from the website: “On Tuesday, Jan. 29, the Free Press Action Network will hold a live-blogging session during the congressional hearing on Public, [...]

The Local AND Global in Public Access Media

A few of my co-workers and I had an interesting discussion this week about how best to use our external online presence, on sites such as MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and blip.tv. We talked about sharing local information relevant to the community we serve on a platform available to the world for those with access to [...]

Ojai Valley News Blog on Public Access TV in CA

Ojai Valley News Blog reports on AB 2987, the Digital Infrastructure and Competition Act of 2006, and its potential impact on public access television in the state of California. “Bill Rosendahl, former CEO of Southern California Adelphia, Ojai’s cable provider before Time Warner and present Los Angeles councilman, said that Time Warner would probably toss [...]