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<br />-- ~-~----- <br /> <br />(':\ Total Program Production Breakout <br /> <br />II Programs <br />. produced by <br />public <br /> <br /> <br />II Programs <br />Produced by <br />staff <br /> <br />[] Programs <br />produced by <br />public not. <br />using r.,edIa <br />Center . <br /> <br />Of the 1017 new programs that played <br />on the channel-in 2001, 300A of them <br />were produced by ~ (up 3% over last <br />year) 22% of them were produced by <br />the public utilizmg the Media ~, <br />and (down 2% over last year) 48% of <br />them were submitted by peQple who <br />produced them with somebody else's <br />equipment, referred to as OutSide <br />programs in the monthly statistics (down <br />1 % over last year). <br /> <br />the Outside progiamS 'c&tegory includeS <br />programs produced by local schools, . <br />cities, area churches, other area access <br />centers, programs we download from satellite, such as the Classic Arts Showcase, national series <br />such as ~e Army News, and state series such as the Environmental Journal. <br /> <br />~~\.:.... <br />r:~%"';~' <br />-\i~:(\'~~ <br /> <br />;.' COMlvfi'sSlON ISSUES. <br /> <br />".' <br />J ~~, <br /> <br />. Rate review <br />AT&T Broadband filed two forms, a 1205 and a 1240, indicating to what level they intended to <br />raise their rates for basic service, installation, and related equipment costs. The Commission <br />opted to do a review, along with several other Commissions, of the company's justification for <br />this increase. It was difficult to ,reach conclusions regarding cost" for local services, beca1.J.se the <br />company de~es their costs bas~ on national' aVerages. In the end, compromises were ' <br />made. The Commission passed resolutions stating that they neither approved nor denied the <br />calculated rates, buttb.at1hey could function asa rate ceiling.. <br /> <br />II Tr8nsfer of ownenhip <br />Transfers of ownership are nothing new for the Commission. This particular transfer, from <br />AT&T Broadband to Comcast, was however, the most intense. The company and legal counsel <br />battled back and forth regarding whether :fimmc1al information did or did not need to be <br />provided. This went on for months. For the first time in the history of the Commission, the <br />recommendation :from legal counsel was to deny the transfer. The justification for the' <br />recommended denial was related to the hypothesized financial. status of the new company. The <br />Commission eventually approved the transfer. <br /> <br />15 <br /> <br />.- <br />