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Its funding threatened by the FCC, community television looks to reinvent itself

Looming over everything from funding to programming is a recent decision by the FCC to allow cable companies to, in effect, significantly reduce funding for public, educational and governmental channels.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on November 13, 2019
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South County cable advisory panel urges Healey to sue FCC over rules changes

The Five Town Cable Cable Advisory Committee voted to send a letter to state Attorney General Maura Healey urging her to take legal action to reverse a decision made last month by the FCC that local access channels say would devastate their funding.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on September 17, 2019
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Markey, local cable operators, fear loss of access channels if new FCC rule passes

Those who run the county’s three access channels say the new rules, which would severely impact their revenue streams, would likely put them out of business and deprive the public of valuable programming available nowhere else.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on July 31, 2019
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FCC is at it again: Proposed changes to benefit big cable, harm local access channels

Those who run the county’s three access channels say the new rules, which would severely impact their revenue streams, would likely put them out of business and deprive the public of valuable programming available nowhere else.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on November 15, 2018
Learning

‘The Buzz,’ a new show for schools to promote events, debuts next month

Community Television for the Southern Berkshires will produce the show initially, with the goal of having entirely student-run programs in the near future. The hope is to air at least one show per month.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on August 18, 2018
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