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November 2010
FACT SHEETS, LINKS AND DATA:
Please make a stand and educate yourself about
Community Media Centers and Public,
Educational & Governmental Access
Television.
PAC 14 is FREE public servce which provides
direct and siginicant benefits to the entire county. Everyone wins with
'Access', the
organizations using the services, the local citizens applying their
volunteer skills, and most certainly the viewers. Yet, there are some that
want to take it all away. We can either educate ourselves and protect
our local rights and priviledges, or we can let them slip from our
grasp for ever.
As cable subscribers we pay a hefty and growing price for
entertainment services. There is a fair and equitable way to fund
Community Media Centers who deliver PEG access services, it is being
done all across the country, and we deserve no less right here in
our hometown.
This website includes numerous links to sites that
provide facts and data which clearly define
P.E.G. Access, how its funded, what franchise fees are (and are not)
and their
overall purpose; several are listed below. There are also links to other Access
Community Media operations in Maryland
that provide insight and comparison related to resources available to
other Public Access operations.
PEG Access - Defined:
FCC
- The Evolution of Cable Television
Public
Access Television: America's Electronic Soapbox - Laura R.
Linder, 1999
Access
Basics - The Buske Group
Public-access television - Wikipedia
Franchise Fees - Defined:
CATV Franchise Fees -- Does the Rent Increase with the Benefit?
Franchise Fee Pass-Through Under the Dallas Decision
Related articles and
information in regard to Franchise Fees and municipal agreements:
Austin City Council Cable Television Franchise Fee Audit
Surviving Language
Migration From Telecom to Broadband Policy
PAC 14 - A sample of our broad local
community support:
Feedback from the
community
Community Media Centers and related
P.E.G. Access services
- Maryland examples:
Anne Arundel Community
Television
Carroll Community Media
Montgomery Community
Television, Inc.
Montgomery
County PEG Network
UMTV
Takoma
Park City TV
Community Media Centers - Notable
national examples:
Grand Rapids Michigan
Capital Community Television
Community Media Center of Santa Rosa
DCTV
Mt. Hood Cable Regulatory Commission
Support PAC 14:
Public Access TV
- it's time for a brighter future for PEG Access in our community!
After visiting the sites providing and looking at the examples of
CMC's in other communities in Maryland and across
the nation, we hope you will add your name to the list of over 800
member / supporters. PAC 14 is a proven and valued service...all
that's missing is the appropriate funding and
facilities needed to fulfill its mission.
You can help! Sign our Petition,
and Become a
Member!
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