Privatizer SF Community TV CEO Zane Blaney Warns That Community Access May Shutdown

kim [at] accessf.org

Subject: End of Access? - Producer Briefing

Date: July 16, 2008 9:18:45 PM PDT


This Friday, July 18th, from 6:00 to 7:30 PM I am inviting up to 35
active producers and volunteers in good standing to a question/answer
session with me on the City's announced plan to end significant funding
for public access by June 30, 2009. The 35 is based on the number of
chairs we can fit in the main studio. We will have more of these meeting
if for any reason you are not able to get into the first one. The de-
funding also coincides with the end of the Access SF/CTC management
contract. Access SF has not decided whether it will re-apply to manage
access in the future.

The City is processing both of these issues through it's http://www.sfgov.
org/publicaccesstv website. These Access SF briefings and
question/answer sessions will be on-going through the process. These
sessions are not intended to be gripe sessions about me, the CTC, the
management, the board, the staff or the policies. The City's website is
a place you can comment on those issues if you have them. We do want to
talk about what can be done to stop the de-funding, what de-funding will
mean to producers and volunteers and what can be done to improve access.
If you have questions, concerns and/or ideas, please come. ZB

Zane Blaney, Executive Director
San Francisco Community Television Corporation
dba Access San Francisco
Astound Cable Channels 29 & 30
AT&T Channel 99
Comcast Cable Channels 29 & 76
Access World - http://www.accessf.org
1720 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
415-575-4943 - Direct
415-575-4945 - FAX
zane [at] accessf.org