Rob McCausland's blog

To the editor:

"Subscribers to cable television in Beverly may be rightfully concerned about recent news articles and letters to the editor commenting on the negotiations with Comcast over renewal of its agreement with the city.  The question people are asking: What will be the impact of the new agreement on costs for cable service?"

"Franklin's Cable Advisory Board is drafting paperwork to create a nonprofit organization to run the town's public access channels, a move the board's chairman hopes will increase public involvement, keep it separate from government entanglements and facilitate its move to a larger studio."

Open for change
By Chris Faraone
The Boston Phoenix
May 25, 2011

Last Saturday's first flash of dry weather in a week didn't stop dozens of Boston activists from holing up in a Chinatown loft, and plotting to protect citizens from Clear Channel, FCC oppressors, and other threats to an open, fair, and honest media.

full story at The Boston Phoenix: http://thephoenix.com/Boston/news/121176-open-for-change/

Hingham cable TV gets go-ahead from selectmen
by Jessica Bartlett, Town Correspondent
May 25, 2011 12:40 PM

The Hingham Community Access & Media Corp. (HCAM) received the green light from the town after signing a contract at the selectmen’s meeting Tuesday.  The contract sets up an arrangement for the new nonprofit to deliver programming on the town’s public access channels. Comcast had relinquished the responsibility when Verizon started to offer cable to the town.