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There’s a change taking place. It’s happening with public access television.
“Television with Antenna” – public domain image (above) from Wikipedia
Access producers and station workers are using new media creation technologies in very cool ways. This blog was created as my attempt to help track and explore some of these changes taking place.
My name is Colin Rhinesmith. For more about me, check out my blog.
Over the past year, I’ve met some amazing people. Most of them happen to work in public, educational, and government access television, here in the U.S. I’ve been inspired by these folks (who we’ll get to know better on this blog) and how they’ve been using new media tools, like blogs, podcasts, video blogs, wikis, open source and other technologies to help connect and empower communities.
What’s the Internet got to do with cable access TV? A lot. Why? Well, that’s what this blog is for:
To explore the role of the technology, public policy, and the Internet and its relationship to public, educational, and government access television.
Why should you care? Well, you don’t have to. But, I think it’s pretty interesting and important for a number of reasons.
On this blog, you’ll find out why.
I’m also interested in moving public access into the 21st century. I’m currently president of the Board of Directors at our local access station here in Arlington, Virginia. I’d be interested in any case studies you have of stations that started teaching video blogging to members… or other information about how to start the transition into video on the Internet. Let’s talk!
Thanks for your note, Maurice. CCTV in Cambridge, MA and MNN in NYC are two great examples of access centers teaching videoblogging to members and leading the way in this new media space.
I think you’ll find lots of great examples by visiting their sites!
Also, be sure to check out the Alliance 2006 Conference website, as well, (http://acmboston.org). Lots of great resources here for access centers looking to move forward on the web.