Future of Public Access
February 25th, 2007 by Dan GillmorYesterday’s Beyond Broadcast session on the future of public access TV was a valuable conversation. As expected, my earlier suggestion, which I hoped would generate a lively conversation — to phase it out with a blast of training for citizen media creators — wasn’t greeted with universal praise (ahem).
It was definitely lively, and we talked about many different thing. But Colin Rhinesmith, who attended and videotaped things,
would have liked to see more ideas upon which possibly a PEG Internet model could be established. Meaning, what might it look like? Where might its funding sources come from (if not from cable providers)? How might PEG Internet Centers differ from PEG TV Centers? What would this all really look like, feel like, and smell like?
Meanwhile, Danielle Martin took superb notes. Thanks, Danielle!
February 25th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
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