Live from Redway - Humboldt County Planning Commission

Innovation brings broadband media to the Redwood forests.

UPDATE: Program is available online, on-demand from the Community Media Archive -
http://accesshumboldt.net/site/humboldt-county-planning-commission-meeti...

Access Humboldt reaches out to SoHum
Donna Tam/The Times-Standard
Posted: 12/20/2009 01:24:10 AM PST
http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_14036957

PRESS RELEASE – Media Advisory
For Immediate Release
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Contact: Tracy Jordan French, Administration & Development
707.476.1798 e: tracy@accesshumboldt.net
or: Sean McLaughlin, Executive Director
707-616-2381, e: sean@accesshumboldt.net

Access Humboldt Announces Live TV Coverage of
Humboldt County Planning Commission Meeting in Redway

EUREKA, CA – Access Humboldt announces live telecast of County Planning Commission coverage on Suddenlink cable channel CIVIC10 for the Thursday, Dec. 17th, public hearing at Redway Elementary School. Live meeting coverage is set to begin at 6:00 p.m. PST, and will run through to the conclusion of the hearing.

According to the agenda, “The purpose of this meeting is to receive public input on the Planning Commission Hearing Draft General Plan (GPU), focusing on the Land Use Element.” http://co.humboldt.ca.us/planning/commission/default.asp?dkey=1217200940...

Access Humboldt Executive Director Sean McLaughlin said, “We’re happy to help the County give residents of Southern Humboldt a voice, and particularly proud to transmit the public hearing coverage across the Humboldt region and online. This is our first live telecast from Redway, so we are excited - and there are some challenging technical aspects that motivate us to take special efforts to make this happen."

This telecast will utilize digital transmission (IP Video) over dedicated broadband network links provided by 101 Netlink, a local wireless broadband provider involved with the Digital Redwoods initiative – including Digital Rio Dell and the Eureka Muni-Hub projects.

Access Humboldt regularly provides TV coverage for local government meetings on Suddenlink cable channel CIVIC 10 utilizing dedicated fiber transmission network for public, education and government purposes. Educational programming is aired on EDUC 8 channel, and a mix of community media programming on channels AH-11 and AH-12.

Video and audio archives of local government meetings are also available at the Internet Archive’s Community Media Collection – http://archive.org – search for Access Humboldt, then by meeting.

For more information about Access Humboldt services, visit our website at http://accesshumboldt.net or email: admin@accesshumboldt.net.

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