Public Access TV at Risk: Cable Giants Threaten to Cut Funds for Local Stations Across U.S.

As more people cut the cord and drop their cable TV subscriptions, public access channels are losing a vital source of revenue. For decades, cable television companies have paid franchise fees to ...
Government Technology

As Cable Fades in Popularity, Public Access TV Stations Suffer

(TNS) — Facing constraints as more residents drop traditional cable, public-access television stations operators called for the passage of legislation Tuesday that would expand fees currently paid by ...
Governing

The Uncertain Future of Public Access Television

It was a hot, steamy day in July 1980 when I started work as the director of public access television for Cable Atlanta, the company that had won the franchise battle to operate cable TV for the ...
Crain's New York

Strong cable franchise agreements mean strong public access broadcasting

New York City’s public access channels, BRIC, BronxNet, Manhattan Neighborhood Network and Queens Public Television, have for decades provided New York’s artists, activists, performers and local ...
Sun Journal

Regarding public cable channels

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