http://www.ourchannels.org Building Community Through Media Tue, 05 May 2009 16:07:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Alliance for Community Media has a new website:  http://www.alliancecm.org Please update any bookmarks, links, or listings you may have that point to the page you are looking at now (ourchannels.org). Thank you for your continuing interest in community media. http://www.ourchannels.org/?p=241 Alliance for Community Media FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday April 6, 2009 CONTACT: Rob McCausland 202-393-2650 ALLIANCE MEMBERS TELL THE FCC THAT PEG ACCESS QUALITY AND AVAILABILITY MATTERS, AND THAT THE LAW SHOULD BE ENFORCED WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 6, 2009) - Alliance for Community Media members and supporters from 36 states responded in force ... http://www.ourchannels.org/?p=240 On April 1, the Alliance for Community Media filed these Reply Comments (pdf) with the FCC in Proceeding 09-13, which concerns three petitions for declaratory ruling on how public, educational and governmental access programming is delivered on cable system. The lead petition was filed by the Alliance and other organizations and ... http://www.ourchannels.org/?p=238 Over 500 comments on the Alliance's Petition for a Declaratory Ruling were submitted to the FCC by the time of the March 9 filing deadline (see post below). FCC procedures call for a "Reply Comments" period following the filing of initial comments, allowing for the initial comment filers to then comment ... http://www.ourchannels.org/?p=236 Online registration is now available (click here) for the Alliance for Community Media's 2009 International Conference & Exhibition, July 15-18, at the Doubletree Hotel Portland - Lloyd Center, Portland, OR. The Early Bird registration deadline is April 17. Other Deadlines: March 20:  2009 Hometown Video Awards Entries  April 1: 2009 Brian Wilson Scholarship Applications http://www.ourchannels.org/?p=234 DEADLINE: Midnight, March 9, 2009 The procedure for filing comments at the FCC in docketed proceedings using its Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) is a very simple 3-step process, as follows. 1.    Access the FCC's ECFS submission page at http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/upload_v2.cgi; 2.    Complete the "Cover Sheet" on that page, which is just basic information such ... http://www.ourchannels.org/?p=233 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, January 30, 2009   MEDIA GROUPS SAY AT&T DISCRIMINATES AGAINST LOCAL CHANNELS; FILE PETITION WITH FCC TODAY   WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 30, 2009) – Community media groups joined with a nationwide coalition of municipalities and regional organizations today in filing a  Petition for Declaratory Ruling (pdf) with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ... http://www.ourchannels.org/?p=220 In a few weeks the Alliance will be launching a new Drupal-based website.  Online conference registration and a buyer's guide are just two of the new features being included.  For now, we remind you to save the dates July 15-18 for this year's national conference, "Community Media at the Crossroads." And ... http://www.ourchannels.org/?p=217 The Alliance for Community Media Board of Directors endorsed the National Association of Telecommunications Officers & Advisors “Broadband Principles” at its Board meeting last month. Broadband Principles The National Association of Telecommunications Officers & Advisors (NATOA) has adopted and released formal Broadband Principles encouraging the immediate development of a National Broadband Strategy. ... http://www.ourchannels.org/?p=213 Now viewable online in one file at blip.tv (1 hour 57 minutes): The House staff's 5-switched-camera coverage of the Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Hearing on Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) Access to Cable Television, September 17, 2008. Also available here broken out into 18 separate YouTube clips, ... http://www.ourchannels.org/?p=205