Government Channel, CAT and Fayetteville Public Schools TV come to AT&T U-verse … finally

AT&T is finally making available three public TV channels that really should have been there at launch.

The company doesn’t deserve a kudos for it. It deserves an exasperated sigh.

Fayetteville leaders announced Friday that Fayetteville Public Schools Television, The Government Channel and Community Access Television are now offered through AT&T’s U-verse system.

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Charter can move public access group

Efforts to stop the local cable company from relocating public access, education and government (PEG) channels by 13 local municipalities plus Traverse City was denied in Eastern District Court Monday.

The Mid Michigan Area Cable and Telecommunications Consortium and the city of Traverse City were denied a temporary restraining order Monday to prevent Charter from their plan of action.

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Live TV from the Capitol, it’s the Colorado Senate

No one’s expecting TV critics to take notice, but the Colorado Channel — the legislature’s cable access channel — returns to the airwaves this session with a new offering in its lineup.

The Colorado Senate is going live in 2010, following in the footsteps of the House, which has been broadcasting live video of its floor proceedings for the past two sessions.

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Kenton TV pioneer Jim Best retires

The strength of the signal won’t budge, but the force behind the programming might dim a little as the Kenton County School District transitions to a new captain to drive their video production and cable access programming.

Jim Best, a former teacher who pioneered the broadcasting of school district events on public access television, has retired.

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Provincetown cable channel foresees local videos

Cable television advocates in Provincetown have a vision for a public-use television channel that could unify — and even electrify — this coastal tourist and artists’ town, following the recent finalization of a 10-year contract with Comcast.