Billerica Access Television, Inc.

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BATV’s 2010 Annual Meeting of the Membership
Thursday, March 18, 2010 at the Courtyard by Marriott
6:30 pm - Hors D’oeuvres & Cash Bar
7:00 pm – Business Meeting, Elections & Dinner

Keynote Speaker
John Curran, Billerica Town Manager

The following individuals have been nominated to run for election to fill the three open board positions:
Pamela Anastasi
Cosmo Cavicchio
Greg McClay
Paul Overy
Joan Parcewski

The following individual has been appointed by Shawsheen Tech to serve a three year term on the Board of Directors:
Ron Fusco

The following individual has been appointed by Billerica Public Schools to serve a three year term on the Board of Directors:
Anthony La Rosa

Please plan to join us at BATV’s Annual Meeting of the Membership.

Dinner is complimentary to all BATV Members.
Please RSVP by calling BATV at 978-663-2284 by Wednesday, March 10th.

Courtyard by Marriott
270 Concord Road
Billerica, Massachusetts

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”.