ARKANSAS

AR: Public access TV may be on ropes

Posted on March 17, 2008 - 10:03pm.

Public access TV may be on ropes
Lewis Delavan

Public access television's future may be threatened.

No, not really from an irate alderman upset with programming, although backers of Benton's public access Channel 12 may think so.

The greatest threat to Channel 12 and community public access stations across the country is state, rather than local, control of content.

Posted on February 21, 2007 - 8:16am.

AT&T secures a local franchise. Note the claim by Cathy Foraker with AT&T; "The rates for both providers tend to go down, as much as 25 percent."

Fayetteville, AT&T Reach TV deal
February 20, 2007
By Dug Begley
The Morning News

FAYETTEVILLE -- Letting your fingers do the walking in Fayetteville will soon include your remote.

( categories: ARKANSAS | AT&T )

Posted on November 26, 2006 - 7:19pm.

Telecom experts hesitate to declare loser in increasing competition
Sunday, Nov 26, 2006

By Jason Wiest

LITTLE ROCK - The difference between the vehicles on the information superhighway today is slight.

Besides providing the Internet service needed to travel online, cable and telephone companies both increasingly offer each other's services.