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)

Video Tapes

10000 Videos - The Definitive Source

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