HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-11-29 Cable TV Advisory Committee Minutes_Minutes of Meeting of the Reading CATV Advisory Committee
November 29, 2000
The meeting was opened by Doug Cowell at 7:36 PM.
Those present were Doug Cowell, Joe Santangelo, Cheri Hart, Douglas Cowell
Visitor present: Karen Hayden, RCTV
A. ,Old Business:
1. Minutes of the October 17, 2000 meeting were approved as written.
2. RCTV Stereo Transmissions: RCTV is preparing a new letter to AT&T
reiterating their position that AT&T is required in the contract to provide
stereo retransmission of RCTV stereo signals. RCTV has recorded
Reading events in stereo and attempted to transmit them in stereo to
AT&T's equipment, but the recordings were retransmitted by AT&T in
monaural sound. Committee awaits AT&T response.
B. New Business
1. Handling of service complaint correspondence: Advisory Committee will
compose a standard letter to AT&T for all complaints received and will
request that AT&T copy the Advisory Committee on any correspondence
to Reading customers who are complaining about service.
2. RCTV question re: digital compression: RCTV will be inquiring with
AT&T as to whether AT&T is using digital compression on their channel
line-up, as RCTV has plans that could be impacted by this. RCTV will
report any response from AT&T.
3. RCTV funding formula: RCTV is requesting a copy of AT&T most
recent financial report as RCTV has some questions re: Section 6.4 of the
contract.
4. Intranet issues for RCTV: An 18-year old Intranet is used for live meeting
distribution in the town of Reading. AT&T has been maintaining it but it
breaks down frequently. RCTV is requesting a record of problem reports
for AT&T.
Next meeting: The next meeting of the CATV Advisory Committee will be held on
Thursday, January 4, 2001 at 7:30 PM. (Meeting was later changed to Thursday, January
25, 2001 due to scheduling conflicts.)
The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 PM.
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