New York City has reached an agreement with the cable giants Cable Vision and Time Warner that includes a major expansion of community media. The deal doubles the number of public, educational and government access channels, bringing community media programming to high-definition and video-on-demand formats. The cable giants will fund WiFi service in 32 city parks, develop more than 40 public computing centers, and furnish free internet in public libraries.
New York City Expands Community Media under Cable Deal
HeadlineAug 11, 2011