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The FCC is one step closer to a rule change that threatens to de-fund community media and technology, by undermining a long-established principle that cable and internet companies owe rent to municipalities for use of the public right-of-way.
Sabrina Roach, board member of the Alliance for Community Media Foundation, joins to help us understand what’s at stake. The future of public access, educational and government TV channels and community technology centers hangs in the balance.
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Show Notes:
- ACM on the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Cable Franchising
- From the ACM Nat’l Conference: What’s at Stake Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making on Cable Franchising
- Ed Surge: Digital Equity Act Would Provide $250M Annually to Address Digital Divide
