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)

National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors

National Cable Television Association

TeleCommUnity--Local Government Telecommunications Alliance

Websites

Clippings for PEG Access Television 

saveaccess.org

communitymediareview.org

mappingaccess.com

GATV Institute

The Global Village CAT: Worldwide links to 600 Community & Public Access Television sites

NTIA’s State and Local Rights-of-Way Resources

PEGchannels.com

Publications

Cable Broadband Forum

MuniWireless.com

Documents

Cable Franchise Renewals (City of Oakland)

Commonly Used Telecommunications Terms (City of Oakland)

Comparative Study of US PEG Access Centers

FCC Cable Television Fact Sheet

Sharon E. Gillette, William H. Lehr, Carlos Osorio, "Local Government Broadband Initiatives" (PDF)

James N. Horwood, "Legal, Regulatory, and Legislative Threats to PEG Access"

Seattle's Cable Customer Bill of Rights

A Symposium on the Los Angeles Cable System at USC