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Stop the FCC from Defunding PEG Channels

3/28/2019

Please Help Billerica Access Television
& PEG Access TV Nationwide
Stop the FCC from Defunding PEG Channels

The FCC is proposing to redefine what a franchise fee is and it will radically reduce the level of monetary support available to run PEG access channels across the United States.
This means that BATV and access centers across the country could lose funding and
no longer be able to provide the community with the hyperlocal coverage that you've
come to rely on.

Please let your congressional representatives know you support Billerica Access Television and PEG Access TV nationwide by clicking HERE and sign the petition asking Congress to stop the FCC from trying to re-write the 1984 Cable Act and financially starving local communities and our PEG channels in its rule-making (Docket NR 05-311). It only takes
a couple of minutes to do. If you’ve already taken action, please share the link
and encourage your friends to do the same.

Thank you for your time and continued support of community media.

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Support Community Voices: Amend The CCPA

3/21/2019

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Public, Education and Government Access Television may be more important now than ever! Billerica Access Television, Inc. (BATV) and every access corporation nationwide provide communities the opportunity to have their voices heard in the sea of national, now global, media. What happens in each community affects each of us everyday and the right to speak out on any issue, big or small, is the first and most important Right we have.

The FCC is proposing to redefine what a franchise fee is and it may radically reduce the level of monetary support available to run Public, Education and Government access channels nationwide. BATV and its Board of Directors not only oppose the FCC’s current proposal, but also its 2002 decision that declared revenues from cable modem service not be used in computing franchise fees. The BATV Board of Directors unanimously approved a statement that supports overturning the FCC’s 2002 rulemaking and amending the Cable Communications Policy Act.

The entire BATV Board of Director statement can be viewed HERE.

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ARTIST OF THE MONTH RECEPTION THIS SATURDAY AT BATV!

3/12/2019

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ATTENTION BATV MEMBERS - RSVP for the Annual Meeting by March 6th!

3/5/2019

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The Annual Meeting of the Membership will be held on Thursday, March 21st.
This evening is complimentary for all BATV Members.
Please RSVP by Wednesday, March 6th: Call 978-663-2284 or email info@batvinc.org

We're pleased to announce that our entertainment for the
BATV Annual Meeting of the Membership is Magician Peter Boie!

Peter Boie tours nationally with his show Magician for Non-Believers. Sure magic isn’t real, but he’s going to get you to believe it is for the length of his show. Peter has been featured on the hit TV show Fool Us, where Penn & Teller described his performance “beautiful”. Peter has performed for celebrities such as Neil Young and Tom Brady. Combining original mind-blowing magic with a heavy dose of
humor is why he’s one of the top booked acts in the country and has earned him nominations from
Campus Activities Magazine for Entertainer of the Year. His performance will leave the even the most jaded audience entertained and amazed.

The Minutes from the March 15, 2018 Annual Meeting of the Membership can be viewed HERE.

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Delayed Open at BATV

3/4/2019

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Mission Statement

"To encourage and enable open extensive communication through BATV while promoting diversity and responsibility."

Incorporated in 1987, Billerica Access Television, Inc. (BATV) is Billerica’s designated private non-profit, non-commercial public, educational, and governmental access television corporation. (more)

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April 20 - CLOSED

May 25 - CLOSED

July 3rd & 4th - CLOSED

Organizations Served:

All For You Events, Inc.
Alliance for Community Media (ACM)
American Cancer Society
Animal Rescue League of NE
Bennett Library
Big Brother Big Sister
Billerica Adventure Series Corp
Billerica Arts Council
Billerica Board of Health
Billerica Boys & Girls Club
Billerica Cat Care Coalition
Billerica Community Alliance
Billerica Conservation Commission
Billerica Council on Aging
Billerica Dept of Public Works
Billerica Dog Park Committee
Billerica ELKS
Billerica Fire Department
Billerica Friends of Music
Billerica Garden Club
Billerica Health & Wellness Fair
Billerica Historical Society
Billerica Hockey Assoc
Billerica Holiday Festival
Billerica Homeschooling Association
Billerica Lions Club
Billerica Little League
Billerica Memorial High School
Billerica Partners for Education
Billerica Police Dept
Billerica Pop Warner
Billerica Public Library
Billerica Public Safety Memorial Fund
Billerica Public Schools
Billerica Recreation Dept
Billerica Rotary Club
Billerica Scholarship Foundation
Billerica Sons of Italy
Billerica Sportswear
Billerica Twinning Group
Billerica Watchers
Billerica Yankee Doodle Homecoming
Billerica Youth Basketball
Billerica Youth Soccer Association
BMHS DECA
Boy Scouts of America
Burns & Egan Realty
Chelmsford Art Society
Colleen Sgroi Gallery
Community Teamwork, Inc.
Dutile Elementary School
Enterprise Bank & Trust
First Congregational Church of Billerica
First Parish Church
Frederick A. Ciampa, CPA
Friends of BMHS Hockey
Friends of COA
Friends of the Billerica Library
Girl Scouts
Habitat for Humanity
Hallenborg Ice Arena
HHS / BMHS Alumni Association
Liberty Bell Restaurant
Locke Middle School
Mangia Mangia Italian Kitchen
Marshall Middle School
Massaccess
Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Assoc
Massachusetts Republican Society
Middlesex Community College
Middlesex Canal Museum
MTM Brainerd Insurance
National Association of Telecomm Officers and Advisors (NATOA)
Nupath
Parker School PTO
Party Lab
Project Bread
Shawsheen Valley Technical School
St. Andrews Parish
St. Theresa Women’s Club
Sunshine Gals Kitchen
The Learning Garden Till, Inc.
TOPS
Town of Billerica
United Way
Vining Elementary School
Woods Real Estate
& Many More…

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