Billerica Access Television, Inc.

BATV will be closed for Annual Maintenance July 25 – August 1 inclusive.

Come down to BATV for some fun summer classes!

Kids Video Production Class
2 week course in August
Open to Ages 11 - 14
August 3,4,5 and 10,11,12
Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Call for more information or to register!
978-663-2284

More than one hundred BATV Members attended the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Membership held at the Courtyard by Marriott on Thursday, March 18, 2010. The agenda for the evening included reports, elections and appointments to the Board of Directors and a presentation by Keynote Speaker John Curran, Billerica’s Town Manager.

Following dinner, Keynote Speaker John Curran entertained the membership with humor, then changed direction and shared his vision for the Town’s future. After Mr. Curran’s presentation and a tie breaking vote, the Election Committee announced election results. Elected to serve three year terms on the Board of Directors were Pamela Anastasi, Greg McClay and Paul Overy. Appointed to serve three year terms on the Board of Directors were Ronald Fusco and Tony La Rosa; congratulations to all.

To outgoing Board Members Cosmo Cavicchio, Patricia Healey, Salah Khelfaoui, Joan Parcewski and Sandi Wilson, thank you for your years of service, dedication and contributions to Billerica Access Television.

Here’s looking ahead to another positive, productive year for BATV and Billerica.

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In an attempt to help preserve and protect Public, Education and Government (PEG) access channels, Wisconsin Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin filed the Community Access Preservation Act (CAP). The bill, filed on October 8, 2009, if enacted would:

• Allow PEG access fees to be used for any PEG-related purpose;

• End operators’ discriminatory treatment of PEG channels;

• Direct the FCC to study and report on the effects recent states’ video franchising legislation has had on PEG access; and

• Define all video services delivered to the home over wire as “cable” for the purposes of the act, regardless of the transmission protocol used.

The Alliance for Community Media (ACM) endorses the bill and is launching a campaign to gather co-sponsors, get a version filed in the Senate, get the bill passed by Congress and signed by the President. If you would like to help preserve PEG Access and BATV, please contact your Representatives and Senators. To make this process easy, the ACM has drafted a letter that you can use; simply visit www.alliancecm.org, under "CAP Act Update", click on “Support the Community Access Preservation Act Now”, click on “Support CAP”, and enter your zip code (in some cases, you may have to enter a street address). Your Representative and Senator’s name will appear; you may amend the letter or simply leave it as it reads, enter your personal information, then click on “Send”. This action will result in letters being faxed to your Representatives and Senators.

Your attention to this matter is greatly appreciated.

Billerica Access Television, Inc. (BATV) is pleased to announce that effective January 27, Billerica’s Public, Educational and Government access programming will commence cablecasting on the Verizon New England, Inc. network.

For those residents subscribing to Verizon New England, Inc. services, Billerica’s Public, Educational and Government access programming can be viewed on channels 24 (Educational Access), 26 (Government Access), and 28 (Public Access).

For those residents subscribing to Comcast of Massachusetts, Inc. services, Billerica’s Public, Educational and Government access programming continue to cablecast on channels 8 (Public Access), 10 (Educational Access), and 22 (Government Access).

For a complete BATV programming guide, please visit www.batvinc.org and click on “What’s On”.