Archive for the ‘Video Distribution’ Category

Tony Shawcross Wins Knight News Challenge Grant

Tony Shawcross of Denver Open Media was recently awarded $380,000 by the Knight News Challenge to develop new “Tools for Public Access TV“:
“This project will enable public access TV stations and community technology centers to use common tools to create web sites that enable the transfer of video between the web site and the TV [...]

YouTube AND Public Access Television

On my way into work this morning, I noticed an article in the Boston Metro entitled, “Pol eye YouTube for city life.” In it, Greg St. Martin talks about how Boston City Councilor, Rob Consalvo is interested in using YouTube to “broadcast” PSA’s to reach younger audiences. Martin adds,
“Consalvo said the city [...]

Why Net Neutrality Matters for PEG Access TV

At last week’s FCC hearing at Harvard Law School, the issue of network neutrality once again took center stage. As the Internet giant Google describes the issue
“Network neutrality is the principle that Internet users should be in control of what content they view and what applications they use on the Internet.”
Therefore, proponents of [...]

From Imagining the (Un)thinkable

In 2007, the Funding Exchange Media Justice Fund published a journal, entitled “Imagining the (Un)thinkable” which as the website explains:
“This collection of essays pushes the boundaries of current research on media policy and provides critical information on the potential power of the internet, radio, and community-access TV to enhance social justice movements. Written from [...]

AJC.com Article on YouTube and Public Access TV

As readers of this blog know, I’ve been tracking some of the online narratives surrounding public access television production in an age when YouTube and other video sharing websites have grown in popularity. This week, thanks again to Clippings for PEG Access Television, I found another article at AJC.com particularly troubling in the lack of [...]

Audio Documentary on Community Media in the YouTube Age

For his graduate audio production course at Emerson College, my fellow grad student and CCTV colleague John Donovan (above) sat down with staff and members at Cambridge Community Television to find out “why community media still matters” in a YouTube age.
In this 11-minute podcast, John first spoke with members of the staff who told him [...]

Does Public Access TV Matter in a Digital Age?

In a brief online exchange, following a recent Philly Independent Media Center article, entitled “Public Access TV in Philadelphia is Finally Here,” one commenter inquires about the relevance of public access in a digital age. The commenter brings up two relevant issues: (1) the growing popularity of internet video production, publishing and distribution platforms and [...]

More on YouTube v. Public Access TV

From Ken Picard’s article, entitled “Does Public-Access TV Still Matter in the YouTube Age?” in Seven Days, Vermont’s Alternative Weekly:
“[Lauren-Glenn] Davitian is often asked whether public-access television is still relevant in the age of YouTube. Her reply: These are both the best of times, and the worst, for community media advocates.
On the one hand, people [...]

Denver Open Media: Opening Access DVD

I finally watched my DVD copy of “Opening Access” (photo above) produced by Denver Open Media. It’s an excellent overview of the possibilities that the Internet and user-driven media technologies provide towards revolutionizing Public Access TV. The DVD begins by situating Public Access TV in opposition to corporate television and other commercial media. It [...]

Kari Peterson and Scott Alumbaugh on PEGSpace

QuickTime Video
The Alliance for Community Media’s 2006 Boston conference website continues to be an excellent resource for this project. Thanks to Ryanne and Jay’s interviews from the conference, there a number of videos available for download in learning more about this intersection of cable access TV and the web.
The video above, features a short [...]