Media

Community Media Day Promo 10/20/2019

Our community members share what they love about community media.

Abel Luna & Zully Palacios

https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/series/nadando-contra-la-corriente-con-justicia-migrante

Bruce Wilson

https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/series/service-rendered

Margaret Harrington

https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/series/nuclear-free-future

https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/series/focus

Ed Baker

https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/series/addiction-recovery-channel

Meaghan Emery

https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/series/south-burlington-city-council

Vermont Council on World Affairs: Visiting Journalist Michal Musil 10/17/2019

Channel 17 Director Meghan O'Rourke sits down with Michal Musil, a visiting journalist from the Czech Republic and Senior Editor of the Reporter Magazine.

Feminist Media Review: Feminist Media Resources 10/14/2019

Host Peggy Luhrs talks about independent media resources for women.

FOCUS: Leaning In with Fomite Press 10/10/2019

Fomite Press publishers Donna Bister and Marc Estrin talk with host Margaret Harrington about their anti-capitalist or un-capitalist publishing house in Burlington, Vermont.

A Conversation with New York Times Correspondent David Sanger 10/09/2019

New York Times correspondent David Sanger joins VTDigger founder and editor Anne Galloway to discuss current and looming events.

This program was downloaded from the Vermont Media Exchange and can be viewed on the website of the original public access station.

For a complete list of Vermont’s public access stations, please visit the Vermont Access Network website at vermontaccess.net/amo.

PEG Access Study Committee Public Hearing 10/03/2019

Public Hearing on PEG Access Television

Monday, October 21, 2019, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Room 10, Vermont State House, Montpelier

Vermont's Legislative PEG Access Study Committee is looking for new ways to support the state's community media centers with the decline of cable revenue. Share your thoughts on the value of PEG access channels and services to Vermont communities, the costs of such programming and services, and funding options to support programming and services. Sign-up to speak begins at 9:30 a.m. in Room 10. Witness testimony will be limited to five minutes. Emailed testimony will also be accepted at testimony@leg.state.vt.us

If you plan to attend and need accommodations to participate, please contact the Sergeant at Arms at 802-828-2228 by October 14th so arrangements can be made.

Related News from DC District Court of Appeals Order 10/1/19:

Court sustains FCC reclassification of Internet from Title 2 (Telecom Service) to Title 1 (Information service)
Tells FCC they cannot pre-empt state authority to regulate the internet
Remands Order back to FCC to reconsider impact on public safety, pole-attachment regulation, and the Lifeline Program
The case will be appealed, so Vermont implementation of Net Neutrality laws will be delayed
Read the Mozilla v. FCC DECISION

Learn more at www.vermontaccess.net

The News Project - Banned Books Week 09/19/2019

Here's the top eleven banned and challenged books compiled by the American Library Association for 2018. Banned Books Week, celebrated September 22-28, draws national attention to the harms of censorship.

FOCUS: ELAP Mural Resolution Ignored by Burlington City Council 09/19/2019

Lea Terhune, an artist and activist in Burlington, talks with host Margaret Harrington about how the Burlington City Council passed a resolution in 2018 concerning the Everyone Loves a Parade Mural in Leahy Way. No part of the resolution has been acted upon and the deadline for the change in the description on the plaque has passed by 6 months.

PEG Access Study Committee 09/18/2019

Regular Meeting. Recorded September 18, 2019.

VICII: Burlington Telecom - The Promise and the Reality 09/18/2019

VICII begins this fall with a series of talks and discussions on Burlington, VT. All events are from 6:00 - 8:00 pm, are free and open to the public and will be held at the Old North End Community Center at 20 Allen Street, Burlington, Vermont, 05401 on the third floor.

Municipalism: The New Democracy will explore the issues which face our city and discuss how to help it fulfill its legacy to be one of the most liveable cities in the Americas.

This first talk is on Burlington Telecom: The Promise and the Reality.

Leaders of the Discussion: Plaintiffs in the case to Keep Burlington Telecom Public and Local; Dean Corren, Solveig Overby, Sandy Baird, and Steve Goodkind.

Featured Story

CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!