HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-01-25 Cable TV Advisory Committee MinutesMinutes of the Meeting of the Reading CATV Advisory Committee
January 25, 2001
The meeting was opened by Doug Cowell at 7:45 PM
Those present were: Doug Cowell, Cheri Hart, Douglas Cowell
Visitor present: Karen Hayden, RCTV
A. Old Business:
1. Minutes of the November 29, 2000 meeting were approved as written.
2. RCTV Stereo Transmissions: No report. Tabled to next meeting.
3. Handling of service complaint correspondence: Doug Cowell will draft a standard letter.
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4. RCTV question re: digital compression: AT&T is using digital compression on their channel line-up.
RCTV will attempt to meet the formula of 70 hours of programming between March 15 and April 26,
2001 in order to qualify for a second channel. Committee believes that the availability of a second
channel has always been a part of the contract, not as space available or in place of an existing
commercial channel, but as space held in abeyance until conditions are met. Doug Cowell will write a
letter to this effect to AT&T with a copy to RCTV and Reading Town Manager.
5. RCTV funding formula: No report. Tabled to next meeting.
6. Intranet issues for RCTV: Karen Hayden has written a request to William Fyfe at AT&T. Committee
has requested fury er_clayificatiou of the rule that. AT&T. is playing, iu..0his.prob1emzeso 1UtiQn_
Committee expects due diligence on AT&T's part in identifying the source of the malfunction of the
residential feed.
B. New Business
No new business was introduced.
Next meeting: The next meeting of the Reading CATV Advisory Committee will be held on Thursday,
February 22, 2001 at the Town Hall.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 PM.
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