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Public Access Television is facing a number of battles in the House and Senate.
Today, February 13, is the last day for submitting your concerns to the FCC.
Click here to submit your letter.
Click here for a complete listing of pending legislation.
The telephone companies want to do away with local video franchise agreements between local municipalities and video providers. Local video franchising agreements are the mechanism by which municipalities ensure that cable and telecommunications companies doing business within the community are accountable to the local public interest.
Video
franchise agreements are also the only mechanism that protects and
ensures the existence of Public Access TV channels. We must
ensure that local municipalities have the authority to require local
video franchising.
If you would like to be part of organized media reform efforts in Iowa, please consider joining Iowans for Better Local TV or Rapid Response Iowa.
