TVfreedom.org again put its support behind the Community...
TVfreedom.org again put its support behind the Community Access Preservation Act. S-1789, also supported by the public, educational and government channel industry, is aimed at keep PEG channels afloat through cable franchising agreements (CD Jan 6 p6). Passage of the…
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CAP Act “is fundamentally critical to the long-term sustainability of more than 5,000 PEG access channels operated by municipalities, educational institutions and nonprofit organizations nationwide,” TVfreedom.org member American Community Television said Tuesday in a news release. ACT joined the organization this month, it noted. TVfreedom.org submitted letters to the House and Senate subcommittees on Communications and Technology, it said. Congress should “preserve the current structure of the lifeline basic service tier, which today includes access to PEG channels and the full complement of local broadcast TV stations,” it said in the letters (http://bit.ly/WfS7cA) (http://bit.ly/1ynWAXZ).