Archive for October, 2010
Three More Myths About Public Access Television
Myth One: “Nobody needs Public Access.”Reality: We all need access. Many access programs have made a difference in their communities, helping voters to understand (and support) issues as diverse as a local tax ballot measure, the need for a teen center, or to value of community organizations. Strengthen your response to this attack by compiling [...]
Posted on October 20, 2010 Filed Under Understanding PEG | Comments Off
Three Myths About Public Access Television
Myth One: “No one ever watches PEG Access.”Reality: Access is the primary conduit for niche programming, which the cable television companies once touted as the primary benefit of broadband cable systems. Access is not supposed to be a mass-audience medium. Consequently, the success of PEG access should not be measured by the criteria of commercial [...]
Posted on October 18, 2010 Filed Under Understanding PEG | Comments Off
Three Benefits to Public Access Television
It Creates Jobs Construction and telecom jobs will be created in building the ten access centers High-tech, administrative, and other jobs will be created to maintain the access centers Kids will prepare for high-tech careers by producing digital video on computers and publishing video both on-the air and via the Internet. Adults will re-tool their [...]
Posted on October 16, 2010 Filed Under Benefits | Comments Off
Two Common Questions about Public Access Cable
What is public access cable? Cable access can be subdivided into Public, Educational and Government access; and are commonly referred to as “PEG access.” Public access consists of video programming and other electronic information produced, directed and engineered by community volunteers. (PEG channels carry video information, data, video, text and voice communications, however, for convenience, [...]
Posted on October 14, 2010 Filed Under Questions and Answers | Comments Off
What is Public Access Television?
Simply put, public access television is a type of mass media where everyday members of a viewing community can create and broadcast content through broadcasting systems. It is a First Amendment public forum where editorial control cannot be employed.Historically the first experiments with public access (sometimes referred to as non-commercial) television and known by the [...]
Posted on October 12, 2010 Filed Under Understanding PEG | Comments Off