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EDITORIAL: SAVE COMMUNITY MEDIA

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 12, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS

Cute kids love community media. Photo courtesy of Somerville Media Center.

 

Tell the FCC That You Support Your Local Cable Access Station by Dec 14

 

At DigBoston, my colleagues and I put a lot of effort into working with local community media stations around Greater Boston. Because they are the heart and soul of grassroots ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Ajit Pai, Boston, Brookline, cable, cable access, Cambridge, community media, corporation, Democracy, DigBoston, editorial, FCC, franchise fee, Giveaway, greed, Jason Pramas, Malden, Massachusetts, net neutrality, Obama, profit, public opinion, SOMERVILLE, telecom, Trump

100-SECOND FILM FESTIVAL

Written by CASEY CAMPBELL Posted October 24, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Film

 

Easton’s micro film festival makes an international splash

 

Who says you need a feature-length runtime to tell a compelling story through film? Certainly not Jason Daniels, the founder and coordinator of the 100-Second Film Festival. Though it’s based out of Easton, the festival attracts filmmakers from 30 countries ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: cable access, Easton, Festival, Massachusetts, shorts, TV

MEET THE HEAVY LEATHER TOPLESS DANCE PARTY

Written by BARRY THOMPSON Posted September 19, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy, FEATURES, Lulz, Non-fiction, Performing Arts

On the cable set in Somerville in August, Elsa Riot is doing her damndest to sync up an impromptu rendition of the herky-jerky Beach Blanket Bingo routine with a ruthless sonic pummeling by way of a group of apparent Motörhead adherents.

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy, FEATURES, Lulz, Non-fiction, Performing Arts Tagged With: arts, Boston, cable access, Cambridge, Heavy Leather Topless Dance Party, heavy metal, SMC, SOMERVILLE, Somerville Media Center

APPARENT HORIZON: CABLE JEOPARDY

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 22, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS

Now that broadband internet is a public utility, both cable companies and telephone companies need to pay for public access television — not try to defund it

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS Tagged With: ACM, Alliance for Community Media, BINJ, cable access, FCC, PEG Access, public access, SCATV, Verizon

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