Resources

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Articles

Guidebook: Creating a Government Access Channel
The GATV Guidebook is a practical guide discussing the issues, options, and costs needed to establish a government access cable channel.
Sample Documents
Budget planning, programming policies, equipment handling, managerial and employment polices are a few examples of real samples from different cities and their government access channels
Playback Technology - Design & Implementation
PowerPoint presentation describing technology used in PEG Access channels.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions related to PEG Access

Surveys

PEG Access Survey
Conducted to illustrate the benefits and costs of PEG Access.
Elk Grove Survey
1998 survey from Elk Grove Village, Illinois
City of Roseville (MN) Residential Survey
Monterey (CA) Community Survey 1999 - Comprehensive Summary
City of Austin Telecom & Cable Survey 1998 Summary
Living In Chandler(): A Citizen Survey in 2000
Stevens Point, WI, Stevens Point Telecommunications Commission Needs Assessment Subcommittee Informal Needs Assessment Report, March 19, 1999

White Papers

Wheaton Community Telelevision - Benefits Report
Alcalay, Avi; Clark, John, From, Ruti;"The Role of State and Local Governments in Shaping the Networks of the National Information Infrastructure,"  Harvard Business School, April, 1997
Horwood, James; Top Ten Tips For Franchise Renewal - The Experience Of Brunswick And Brunswick Hills Township, Ohio; Presentation to 1998 NATOA Annual Conference (September 12, 1998)
Utah Access TV: Citizen's Committee Presentation (PowerPoint)
Utah Access TV: Educational Access TV - How To Create Community Unity (PowerPoint)

Video Tapes

"What Government Access TV Brings To Your Community"
Video Tape, VHS Format, Run Time: 00:03:40
Professionally produced as an advocacy video to show mayors, council members, and other elected officials the benefits of creating and supporting a government access channel. Includes interviews with operators of award-winning government and educational access channels. Produced with a grant from private industry. Tape may be broadcast in its entirety over television. Tape may not be streamed over the Internet or otherwise duplicated.
10000 Videos - The Definitive Source

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