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York Community Access Television
York Community Access Television (YCAT) was a Public-access television cable TV station in York, Pennsylvania. The current cable system in the City of York began operations soon after the city and York Cable Co. reached agreement on the city’s first cable television government-granted monopoly, franchise in 1964. The ''York Cable Co.'' later became ''Cable TV of York'', then was known as ''Susquehanna Communications'' or ''Suscom.'' The company is now owned by Comcast, Comcast Cable company. History Cable television systems were developed in the 1960s with little government oversight or regulation. Companies wanting to expand their services had to use the public right-of-way to string their cables into a community. The City of York was among the first communities both in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth and the United States to grant a franchise for operation and development of a cable television system. That agreement stipulated general standards for customer service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public-access Television
Public-access television is traditionally a form of non-commercial mass media where the general public can create content television programming which is narrowcast through cable television specialty channels. Public-access television was created in the United States between 1969 and 1971 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), under Chairman Dean Burch, based on pioneering work and advocacy of George Stoney, Red Burns (Alternate Media Center), and Sidney Dean (City Club of NY). Public-access television is often grouped with public, educational, and government access television channels, under the acronym PEG. In 2020, the Alliance for Community Media published a directory listing over 1600 organizations operating these channels in the United States. Distinction from PBS In the United States, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) produces public television, offering an educational television broadcasting service of professionally produced, highly curated content. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |