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Connecticut PURA - CATV Issues Final Decisions Regarding Application of Pura Investigation into Community Access Programming and Operations - Skye Cable XIII
DOCKET NO.
PURA INVESTIGATION INTO COMMUNITY ACCESS PROGRAMMING AND OPERATIONS - SKYE CABLE XIII
DECISION
I. INTRODUCTION
A. SUMMARY
In this Decision,the Public Utilities Regulatory Authorityprovided the results of itsinvestigation of the programming and operations of
B. BACKGROUND OF THE PROCEEDING
In the
By Decision dated
By Decision dated June 2,2004,in Docket No.
By Decision dated
By Decision dated December14, 2011,in Docket No.
C. CONDUCT OF THE PROCEEDING
On
On
No hearings were requested or held in this uncontested proceeding.
D. PARTICIPANTS
The Authority designated the
II. POSITIONS OF PARTICIPANTS
The Council indicates that it has received a complaint from the Town of
The Council has received several compliments regarding
On
Since 2010, AT&T has had a productive relationship with
III. COMMUNITY ACCESS OPERATIONS
A. BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW
Conn.
B. FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS
Skyeis located at
In the last 6 years
On
C. PERSONNEL AND TRAINING
Skyehas 8 employees on its payroll of
Four
D. OUTREACH
An average of 95 producers utilized its facility each week. Response to Interrogatory CA-6. However,
F. FUNDING
Conn.
Conn. Agencies Regs. sections16-331a-1 through 16-331a-12 include provisions implementing the community access support requirements of Conn.
In order to assure checks and balances on funding expenditures,
No change in funding was identified in this investigation.
G. RETURN LINES
IV. AUTHORITY ANALYSIS
A.
The Authority has investigated
Regarding the Wolcott programming issue, the PURA will address local programming and narrowcasting concerns in a separate investigation soliciting input from participants throughout the state following the issuance of this Decision.
The Authority isconcerned however, with
During this investigation,
Regarding the number of producers or hours of programming, the PURA recommends that that
B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS' INQUIRY
The former Chairperson of
At the
The Authority carefully examined all of the evidence submitted and listened to the recordings of the two BOD meetings. In those recordings, the BOD conducted itself in a professional manner and it appears to takes the time to listen to all its members. In one instance
Additionally, the Authority reviewed
V. FINDINGS OF FACT
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8. On
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16. In 2012,
17. Equipment over
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20. Four of
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29. Wolcott has requested that the Authority rule on the use of the government channel in times of emergency as it relates to narrowcasting.
30. At the
31.
VI. CONCLUSION AND ORDER
A. CONCLUSION
The Authority concludes its investigation and finds
The Authority suggests that
At this time, the Authority does not believe a further contested proceeding is warranted.
B. ORDER
For the following Order, provide an original and two copies of the requested documentation to the Executive Secretary,
PURA INVESTIGATION INTO COMMUNITY ACCESS PROGRAMMING AND OPERATIONS - SKYE CABLE XIII
This Decision is adopted by the following Commissioners:
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Decision issued by the
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