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why was community access removed from comcast indianapolis?

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does anyone know why comcast -indianapolis got rid of their community access channel?

i know time warner cable, or brighthouse(i don`t recall who owned the company at the time) got rid of community access in 1995 or 1996.i saw an article about it being dropped in a small free arts newspaper and called the company and asked for the person named in the article.she told me it came from mayor goldsmiths office.

i did not live in comcasts part of the city but knew it had community access from seeing it at friends around that time.

25 years later i move in comcast territory and there is no community access.when did it go away and why?

personally i liked community access.i know the internet is available to air views and entertanment to people but there was a certain charm ,for lack of a better term, in community access on cable tv. there were some pretty entertaning shows on community access.
 
thinking about it i think what i am talking about is what was called public access.

of course i am talking about availibility for anyone able to broadcast anything they want if the schedule allowed it and were willing to pay for the use of the equipment used to film the show.
 
The biggest number of providers of live streaming video content in the U.S. ARE Government & Public Access channels. Look where they are now - The Internet (Video & all)

Given this, it's no surprise that Comcast decided to dumping those channels from the cable lineup in an effort to free up much needed bandwidth for other channels the public wants but currently can't get (ESPN Goal Line for starters) because Government & Public Access channels take up the bandwidth needed for them

Just a thought.....

Cheers & 73 ;D
 
They used to dump C-Span for MASN, and there was no point to trying to talk to them about it, because they would lie and tell you that C-Span decided to air MASN.  Comcast has a few extremely nasty people, especially in their White Marsh/Perry Hall call centers.  They think that you will never speak with anyone in any of their other call centers if you hang up and call back.  They screwed me up so badly that I got a free month, $100 credit and free HBO (all channels) for a year.  Then their technician screwed up and had cable running through the whole house, so I got another credit for the inconvenience of having to call somebody in to properly anchor the wires.  LOL
 
also wasn`t there a law mandating offering public access ?

in 1996 the internet wasn`t so prominant and i`m sure the technology wasn`t as advanced in the video and audio areas.how could the mayor circumvent the law saying public access had to be offered?

when did the laws requiring the offering of public access get changed?
 
Silkie said:
They used to dump C-Span for MASN, and there was no point to trying to talk to them about it, because they would lie and tell you that C-Span decided to air MASN. Comcast has a few extremely nasty people, especially in their White Marsh/Perry Hall call centers. They think that you will never speak with anyone in any of their other call centers if you hang up and call back. They screwed me up so badly that I got a free month, $100 credit and free HBO (all channels) for a year. Then their technician screwed up and had cable running through the whole house, so I got another credit for the inconvenience of having to call somebody in to properly anchor the wires. LOL
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C-SPAN would be the lone exception to the rule in my last post though because it was CREATED by the cable companies & later supported by the satellite carriers

Flashback - MASN (Wikipedia page)

Cheers & 73 ;D
 
flashback said:
also wasn`t there a law mandating offering public access ?
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Which has long since been antiquated when PA channels started streaming online to worldwide audiences

Like everything else in Internet life, the law has yet to catch up with the times on this subject

Cheers & 73 ;D
 
Pat Cook said:
flashback said:
also wasn`t there a law mandating offering public access ?
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Which has long since been antiquated when PA channels started streaming online to worldwide audiences

Like everything else in Internet life, the law has yet to catch up with the times on this subject

Cheers & 73 ;D
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that may be but if the laws have not been removed or changed are they not still supposted to make the public access available?
 
1069_KIFR said:
It was dumped because the Colts haven't won a game this season.
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With no Peyton Manning this year, there's no "Peyton Manning Show" starring the Indianapolis Colts ;D

Sorry Colts fans.....Couldn't resist. The temptation was overwhelming ;D *LOL!*

Cheers & 73 :)
 
Community Access channels were established in Pittsburgh because local officials insisted
on that as part of the franchise agreement. (there used to be several, now they are down
to just PCTV-21).

My guess is that the franchise in Indianapolis came up for renewal and no local officials
chose to force the issue. And if they aren't forced the cable companies won't keep them,
as they are a pure drain on the bottom line.
 
I don't think it's ethical, and it may not even be legal, but what the cable companies in Indy do is carry Radio One's Class A Digital TV station "Indy's Music Channel" (WDNI-CD http://www.imc.tv/ ) instead of an actual public access channel. I think they claim that because Radio One produces enough content to more than justify a Class A license, that it constitutes serving the local need for public access. (Granted, 80+% of the content they produce is videoflow that's hosted by Radio One's local radio airstaff, but they do have some religious and community news programs on the weekend, as well as the required E/I programming.)

There is still a group at http://www.indyaccess.org/ which has been trying for years to get Public Access back on the cables (can't really say "on the air" can I ;) ) but with no luck.
 
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