This morning the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit turned down a petition by the Alliance for Community Media, Alliance for Communications Democracy, NATOA, National League of Cities, National Association of Counties and the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and by other PEG organizations, local governments and cable operators seeking to overturn regulations adopted by the FCC in March 2007 designed to ease the ability of telephone companies to get cable franchise.
The decision represents a loss for the public interest served by PEG and local franchising. While the decision affirms the FCC’s finding that capital costs required by a franchise to be paid for PEG access facilities are exempted from the definition of franchise fees (as to which a maximum 5% of gross revenues can permissibly be charged), the court makes clear that such capital costs are not limited to the construction of facilities but may also include equipment. The court’s decision also makes clear that nothing in the FCC’s order prevents local franchise authorities from increasing PEG obligations upon renewal of incumbent franchises.
Here is a link to the court’s decision: http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/08a0230p-06.pdf.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Minnesota Minute
My Minnesota Minute
Online Video Contest
Minnesota Minute
The State of Minnesota’s 150th birthday celebration gets star treatment with "The Minnesota Minute," a series of 60-second TV spots commemorating Minnesota’s natural history. The 13-part series, written, directed and produced for the state's sesquicentennial by the University of Minnesota's Bell Museum of Natural History Emmy-award TV winning TV production unit, Bell Museum Productions, is scheduled to air in prime time slots on Minnesota television stations and
Twin Cities Public Television beginning May 11 through the sesquicentennial's finale August 30.
The series hosts a companion web site with video blog for amateur and professional filmmakers throughout the state to share their own environmental-related videos and stories.
Hey, Minnesotans, are you feeling inspired by the environment that surrounds you? Have
you created your Minnesota Minute yet? Be sure to upload your video soon! The random
drawing for prizes start in early May.
Join us as we celebrate 150 years of Minnesota history by taking a look at Minnesota’s natural places and asking how we can protect and restore these special places for the next 150 years. This contest accompanies The Bell Museum of Natural History’s Minnesota Minute television campaign which can be seen on TV beginning in May or at the Minnesota Minute website. These one minute videos tell the story of Minnesotans helping to preserve and restore Minnesota’s natural places.
Now it’s your turn!
Perhaps you know of a special place that needs help? Maybe you have a solution to share? Is there something you do as an individual or a community that makes a difference for the future of
Minnesota’s natural places and resources? Tell us what changes you think the next 150 years will bring to Minnesota’s environment. Grab a camera and start shooting!
HOW?
1) Go to www.minnesotaminute.org to see examples of Minnesota Minutes and to learn more about Minnesota’s environment.
2) Pick up a digital camera.
3) Create your own Minnesota Minute video.
4) Keep it short! (under five minutes)
5) Upload your finished video to YouTube.
6) Add the tag: MyMinnesotaMinute
LINKS
The Official Websitewww.minnesotaminute.orgThe Bell Museum of Natural Historywww.bellmuseum.orgThe Bell Museum’s YouTube profilewww.youtube.com/user/BellMuseumMinnesota Sesquicentennialwww.mn150years.org/
The contest is open to everyone. All who submit will be entered in a drawing to win a Sanyo Xacti digital video camera and other prizes. Submit videos any time now throughout the Summer (2008).
Online Video Contest
Minnesota Minute
The State of Minnesota’s 150th birthday celebration gets star treatment with "The Minnesota Minute," a series of 60-second TV spots commemorating Minnesota’s natural history. The 13-part series, written, directed and produced for the state's sesquicentennial by the University of Minnesota's Bell Museum of Natural History Emmy-award TV winning TV production unit, Bell Museum Productions, is scheduled to air in prime time slots on Minnesota television stations and
Twin Cities Public Television beginning May 11 through the sesquicentennial's finale August 30.
The series hosts a companion web site with video blog for amateur and professional filmmakers throughout the state to share their own environmental-related videos and stories.
Hey, Minnesotans, are you feeling inspired by the environment that surrounds you? Have
you created your Minnesota Minute yet? Be sure to upload your video soon! The random
drawing for prizes start in early May.
Join us as we celebrate 150 years of Minnesota history by taking a look at Minnesota’s natural places and asking how we can protect and restore these special places for the next 150 years. This contest accompanies The Bell Museum of Natural History’s Minnesota Minute television campaign which can be seen on TV beginning in May or at the Minnesota Minute website. These one minute videos tell the story of Minnesotans helping to preserve and restore Minnesota’s natural places.
Now it’s your turn!
Perhaps you know of a special place that needs help? Maybe you have a solution to share? Is there something you do as an individual or a community that makes a difference for the future of
Minnesota’s natural places and resources? Tell us what changes you think the next 150 years will bring to Minnesota’s environment. Grab a camera and start shooting!
HOW?
1) Go to www.minnesotaminute.org to see examples of Minnesota Minutes and to learn more about Minnesota’s environment.
2) Pick up a digital camera.
3) Create your own Minnesota Minute video.
4) Keep it short! (under five minutes)
5) Upload your finished video to YouTube.
6) Add the tag: MyMinnesotaMinute
LINKS
The Official Websitewww.minnesotaminute.orgThe Bell Museum of Natural Historywww.bellmuseum.orgThe Bell Museum’s YouTube profilewww.youtube.com/user/BellMuseumMinnesota Sesquicentennialwww.mn150years.org/
The contest is open to everyone. All who submit will be entered in a drawing to win a Sanyo Xacti digital video camera and other prizes. Submit videos any time now throughout the Summer (2008).
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
SPNN Closing @ 8PM July 11th
SPNN will be closing early on Friday July 11th. We will be closing at 8PM. Please plan accordingly.
SPNN closed 4th of July
SPNN will be closed for Independence Day on July 4th. We will re-open on Saturday July 5th at 9:30 AM.
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Pre-production Planning
Learn more about pre-production planning, everything from scouting a location to money and food.
Interview with Habitat for Humanity
Stuart Sawyer interviewed Sharon Rolenc of the Twin Cities Habiat for Humanity.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Mikenastics makes the Rake
There is an article on the front page of the magazine the Rake. He has been submitting his show to SPNN. Read more about him at http://www.rakemag.com/reporting/rakish-angle/mikenastics-50-years-and-tumbling
The Unconvention
The Twin Cities will get its fair share of media attention this September as the RNC rolls into downtown St. Paul and people across the globe are fascinated with the outcome of this year’s election, but what do you have to say?
Folks from the UpTake.org, a citizen journalist led initiative, will teach you the basics of interviewing getting great results as you ask the tough political questions. Then team up with the experts at SPNN to create your own message that expresses your feelings about the wonderful world of democracy. Upload it to Youtube just in time for the convention. Selected videos will be screened at the Walker as part of the Unconvention project http://www.theunconvention.com/
This workshop will be held in two parts. Saturday, June 14th will be led by the UpTake and will focus on interviewing styles and techniques as well as creating a production plan for your project. Part 2 on June 21st will be taught by SPNN’s own Ed Sanders. He will make sure you are camera and i-movie proficient and ready to check out SPNN’s cameras and use their editing suites.
The Walker Art Center is providing a free SPNN membership for those who choose to make an I Approve This Message video, but participants must pay for the workshops. You will be eligible to check out SPNN cameras and editing suites only for the production of an I Approve this Message video and only until September 4th.
Folks from the UpTake.org, a citizen journalist led initiative, will teach you the basics of interviewing getting great results as you ask the tough political questions. Then team up with the experts at SPNN to create your own message that expresses your feelings about the wonderful world of democracy. Upload it to Youtube just in time for the convention. Selected videos will be screened at the Walker as part of the Unconvention project http://www.theunconvention.com/
This workshop will be held in two parts. Saturday, June 14th will be led by the UpTake and will focus on interviewing styles and techniques as well as creating a production plan for your project. Part 2 on June 21st will be taught by SPNN’s own Ed Sanders. He will make sure you are camera and i-movie proficient and ready to check out SPNN’s cameras and use their editing suites.
The Walker Art Center is providing a free SPNN membership for those who choose to make an I Approve This Message video, but participants must pay for the workshops. You will be eligible to check out SPNN cameras and editing suites only for the production of an I Approve this Message video and only until September 4th.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Screening
A showing for the stonecutter documentary will be held on Friday, June13th at 7:30 p.m. Twin Cities Public TV has accepted the programand it will probably be broadcast on Labor Day. Here's a chance to seeit in advance. There will be an open-ended discussion after the screening, not only about the documentary, but about the subjects ittouches on: Italy, past and present immigration, personal identity,sculpture, unions, etc. The screening will be at the Mounds Theatre, 1029 Hudson Road, a streetfronting on I-94 on the East Side of St. Paul,1/2 block west of Earl St. It's about 1/2 mile north of Indian MoundsPark, in the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood just east of downtown.
Maps and directions from five different highways and locations can befound at ww.moundstheatre.org Click on Maps.
Driving from the west on eastbound I-94: 1. Take the Mounds Blvd./Metro State University Exit (Exit 243). NOTE: This is a left side exit. 2. Go straight ahead one block on 6th St. 3. Turn right onto Maria Ave. 4. Follow Maria Ave. It will curve and turn into Hudson Road. 5. The Mounds Theater is on the left at 1029 Hudson Road (between Cypress St. and Earl St.)
There is ample free street parking along Hudson Road.
Maps and directions from five different highways and locations can befound at ww.moundstheatre.org Click on Maps.
Driving from the west on eastbound I-94: 1. Take the Mounds Blvd./Metro State University Exit (Exit 243). NOTE: This is a left side exit. 2. Go straight ahead one block on 6th St. 3. Turn right onto Maria Ave. 4. Follow Maria Ave. It will curve and turn into Hudson Road. 5. The Mounds Theater is on the left at 1029 Hudson Road (between Cypress St. and Earl St.)
There is ample free street parking along Hudson Road.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
SPNN Annual Meeting/ Board elections
SPNN will be holding it's annual meeting on Tuesday May 13 from 6-8. There will be food, a short program, elections, and awards. Everyone is welcome.
Brown College Sportscaster Workshop
Workshop is Five consecutive Tuesdays, May 20, 27 and June 3, 10, 17. It is from 6PM-9PM and cost is $250. Watch the following video for more information.
http://proclaim.netbriefings.com/flv/trial/aptuz/trialaptuz100018/
http://proclaim.netbriefings.com/flv/trial/aptuz/trialaptuz100018/
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
My Minnesota Minute Video Contest
** Announcing the My Minnesota Minute Video Contest! **
To celebrate Minnesota’s 150th Birthday the Bell Museum is sponsoring a video contest open to everyone.
Tell us how the natural world around you is changing. Share your ideas for protecting our environment and preserving our natural world. Or just tell us why a natural area means so much to you. Keep your Minnesota Minute video short (30 seconds is great, under 5 minutes required) and upload it to YouTube now. Tag it with “MyMinnesotaMinute”.
Beginning on Earth Day (April 22, 2008) weekly prizes will be awarded through the end of May.
Short "how to" video:
http://bellmuseum.org/blog/?p=10
To see samples of other My Minnesota Minutes, visit:
http://www.minnesotaminute.org
The My Minnesota Minute Video Contest is open to anyone. For further guidelines visit the contest website:
http://bellmuseum.org/blog/?p=6
For questions e-mail: MinnesotaMinute@bellmuseum.org
This contest is part of a Web and TV event which celebrates Minnesotans who are working today to protect our natural world for tomorrow.
The project is hosted by the Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota. It is sponsored by Blandin Foundation with outreach support from E-Democracy.Org.
To celebrate Minnesota’s 150th Birthday the Bell Museum is sponsoring a video contest open to everyone.
Tell us how the natural world around you is changing. Share your ideas for protecting our environment and preserving our natural world. Or just tell us why a natural area means so much to you. Keep your Minnesota Minute video short (30 seconds is great, under 5 minutes required) and upload it to YouTube now. Tag it with “MyMinnesotaMinute”.
Beginning on Earth Day (April 22, 2008) weekly prizes will be awarded through the end of May.
Short "how to" video:
http://bellmuseum.org/blog/?p=10
To see samples of other My Minnesota Minutes, visit:
http://www.minnesotaminute.org
The My Minnesota Minute Video Contest is open to anyone. For further guidelines visit the contest website:
http://bellmuseum.org/blog/?p=6
For questions e-mail: MinnesotaMinute@bellmuseum.org
This contest is part of a Web and TV event which celebrates Minnesotans who are working today to protect our natural world for tomorrow.
The project is hosted by the Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota. It is sponsored by Blandin Foundation with outreach support from E-Democracy.Org.
Friday, April 18, 2008
"Mr. Positive"
See MR. POSITIVE, a poetic video portrait of a good citizen with a magical bicycle.
Winner of Honorable Mention at the Fargo Film Festival, it is playing here:
The Minneapolis International Film Festival at St. Anthony Main Theater on Sunday April 20, 2008 at 7:45pm.
Central Park/R. H. Stafford Library in Woodbury on Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 1:30pm.
To see a neat trailer, click
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A3vjscC-Fk
For details, visit
http://www.thecie.org
Winner of Honorable Mention at the Fargo Film Festival, it is playing here:
The Minneapolis International Film Festival at St. Anthony Main Theater on Sunday April 20, 2008 at 7:45pm.
Central Park/R. H. Stafford Library in Woodbury on Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 1:30pm.
To see a neat trailer, click
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A3vjscC-Fk
For details, visit
http://www.thecie.org
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
ATA 102
SPNN's Access Department's program All Things Access. This episode includes a recap of the Final Cut Express Audio workshop, the Model Ship builders Assoc. MOTM Gloria Walton, and a preview of a blog class.
ATA 206
SPNN's Access Department's program All Things Access. This episode includes highlights of past members. Reggie Moore, James Adiamak, A-yia Thoj, and Gordon Leverett.
ATA 201
SPNN's Access Department program All Things Access. this episode includes The Vantage Point, an interviw on the Wabasha Caves, MOTM Carlos Garcia Valescar, and a tech tip on white balancing studio cameras.
ATA 203
SPNN's Access Department program All Things Access. This episode includes an interview with the Salvation Army, MOTM Kang Yee Vang, and shooting tips.
ATA 204
SPNN's Access Department program All Things Access. this episode includes an interview with State Rep. Sheldon Johnson, MOTM Helen Broderick, a tutorial on You Tube, and New Year's resolutions.
ATA 205
SPNN's Access Department's program All Things Access. this episode includes a guest from ArtStart, MOTM Robin Wilcox, a tech tip on light meters, and Winter Pet Safety.
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