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Congratulations Access Humboldt County!

January 20th, 2010 / Press Release / Comments

Former Akakū CEO, Sean McLaughlin, now drives Humboldt County, Ca. Access Center to New Facilities

Access Humboldt moves into newly completed center

Jessie Faulkner The Tri-City Weekly
Posted: 01/19/2010 03:00:12 AM PST

Access Humboldt moves into newly completed center. It’s not a huge space, but it has huge potential.

After years of operating without a room of its own, Access Humboldt is about to welcome the public to its recently completed Community Media Center tucked at the rear of the Eureka High School campus.

What the public does with that high-tech gate into owner-created messages is just about limitless.

Consider what Access Humboldt has been able to do without a home — set up broadcasting of public meetings, advocate for high-speed Internet in all of Humboldt County and lead the way in archiving public access programming. Read On »

Free Press, Consumer Groups Call on Antitrust Authorities and Congress to Investigate ‘TV Everywhere’ New Report Shows Cable and Media Giants Colluding to Kill Competition for Online TV

January 4th, 2010 / Press Release / Comments

Date: January 4, 2010
Contact: Liz Rose, Communications Director, Free Press, (202) 265-1490 x32

WASHINGTON — Free Press and other consumer groups are calling on federal antitrust authorities and Congress to investigate agreements among giant media companies to stifle competition in the emerging market for online television programming.

This call for an investigation is based on a Free Press report released today. In the report, Free Press details how giant cable, satellite and phone companies and many leading programming networks, led by Comcast and Time Warner, are colluding on an industry-wide initiative called “TV Everywhere” that requires consumers to pay for cable TV subscriptions to access online programming. While being marketed as a consumer-friendly feature, TV Everywhere is designed to eliminate the threat of online competition, limit consumer choice, and build on the cable TV model that gouges consumers. Read On »

Neil Abercrombie Signs on in Support of Community Access Preservation with HR 3745, Helps Elevate Issues of Statewide Cable Franchise to Gubernatorial Discussion

December 17th, 2009 / Legislation, Press Release / Comments

Akakū: Maui Community Television is pleased to announce U.S. Representative Neil Abercrombie’s support of a bill in U.S. Congress called the “Community Access Preservation” Act (HR 3745) which provides minimum protection for public, educational and governmental access (PEG) channels, such as Akakū.

neil_abercrombie“Public service nonprofit stations, like Akakū, are under serious threat from big cable telecom interests across the country. And can I buy clomid online for cheap community access centers in the Hawaiian isles are not immune to those threats,” says Jay April, President/CEO of Akakū. “We are pleased that this issue is on Rep. Abercrombie’s radar while in the midst of a competitive gubernatorial campaign. We hope that other lawmakers, like Rep. Mazie Hirono, will also show a sign of support by signing on to the bill and helping it advance out of committee.”

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Akaku: Maui Community Television (Akaku) empowers the community's voice through access to media. Akaku is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation that airs content created by the community for the community. Community members on Maui, Moloka'i, and Lana'i are encouraged to submit programming to the station, create their own television shows and have their voices heard by fellow community members.