Cheshire TV can’t run on acorns and tales of adventure! (no matter how good they are)

April 2, 2007 by
Filed under: Free Minds TV, Issues, ToDo 

Everyone loves TV, just look in your living room. But what really makes television great is the programming that goes on it. Cheshire TV, operating in the Keene community for nearly 2 years, has been bringing you local television; People you know, that live in your town are bringing you information and entertainment.

The money for this is possible because of a franchise agreement that Time Warner has with the City of Keene. This agreement gives time Warner what amounts to a government granted monopoly here in the City.

I think most people understand that the right to offer services on the market should not be curtailed by law. What we sold our souls for was a small franchise fee to be paid by the cable company. It appears they have not done this. What’s worse the city government does not seem to care.

Since the city has decided not to enforce its agreement with Time Warner (in effect granting them the monopoly at a discount). The money that is supposed to be channeled to Cheshire TV may not arrive. When channel 8 goes black it will be too late to call the city and ask them to do their job.

If you want to read the Franchise agreement, you can find it here.

If you want to contact the city you can start here:


City Manager

John A. MacLean
3 Washington Street
Keene NH 03431-3191
Phone: (603) 357-9804

and of course your councillors(not that they ever listen to us)

Comments

3 Comments on Cheshire TV can’t run on acorns and tales of adventure! (no matter how good they are)

    2. jitgos on Mon, 2nd Apr 2007 6:36 pm

    Can you explain a little background? Is this the local access channel you’re talking about? Why are they saying they are going to stop the channel? Thanks.

    3. Community Media: Selected Clippings - 04/02/07 « Clippings for PEG Access Television on Mon, 2nd Apr 2007 10:01 pm

    [...] to do their job. If you want to read the Franchise agreement, you can find it here. —> http://freekeene.com/2007/04/02/cheshire-tv-cant-run-on-acorns-and-tales-of-adventure-no-matter-how... [...]

    4. nick on Tue, 3rd Apr 2007 12:04 am

    For clarification, Cheshire TV got a director of operations about 1.5-2 years ago and began working to launch the TV station, but it has been on the air just less than a year. Getting the money that was agreed to will not solve all our problems, but it will hopefully be a great step toward getting the city to understand what a service the station is, and what they should do to help.

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