P.E.G. Access

P.E.G. Access: Cable channels that are given to communities as compensation by cable providers who lay cables under public rights-of-way (streets, sidewalks, etc.) These facilities, sometimes called community media centers, exist primarily to give local residents access to television equipment, training and noncommercial time on designated cable channels.

Resources

Organizations

Alliance for Community Media

Baller Herbst

Jim Baller and Sean Stokes, "The Case For Municipal Broadband Networks: Stronger Than Ever"

The FAQs about Institutional Networks

Key Issues in Cable Franchise Renewals (PDF)

The Buske Group

Chart: Outcomes of Recent Cable Franchise Renewals (PDF)

Conducting a Community Needs Assessment (PDF)

FCC's Cable TV Customer Service Obligations (PDF)

FCC's Cable TV Technical Standards (PDF)

Overview of Access Operating Rules and Procedures (PDF)

Overview of the Cable Television Franchise Renewal Process (PDF)

PEG Access Basics (PDF)

Sample Contract between an Access Center and a Cable Company (PDF)

Sample Contract between City and Access Center (PDF)

Cable Television Laboratories (Cable Labs)

California Cable Television Association

CATV CyberLab

Columbia Telecommunications Corporation

Andrew Afflerbach, "Cable Architecture, PEG, and the Public Interest" (PowerPoint presentation)

Andrew Afflerbach, "Institutional Networks: What are they, How do they work, and How do they relate to PEG Access?"
Andrew Afflerbach, "Technical Background: Cable Television"

FCC Cable Services Bureau

Miller & Van Eaton

"Cable Franchise Renewals"

"Franchise Fees"

Frederick Ellrod, "PEG Opportunities in the Franchise Renewal Process" (PowerPoint presentation)

William L. Lowery, "Primer on Cable Renewal Process and Open Access Debate"

Nicholas Miller, "Cable-Telco Internet Monopolies, Walled Gardens and the 'See-no-evil' FCC" (PowerPoint presentation)

Nicholas Miller, "Digital Destiny - Who Defines It?" (PowerPoint presentation)

Nicholas Miller, "Understanding the Law and the Policy of Converged Network Services" (PowerPoint presentation)

Nicholas Miller, "What is a Franchise?" (Word document)

Joseph Van Eaton, "Municipal Franchises: Opportunities, Pitfalls and Alternatives" (Word document)

Joseph Van Eaton and Kenneth Brunetti, "Transfers: Opportunities and Pitfalls" (PowerPoint presentation)