People in Opposition to Comcast Cable – Part Nine<br />Vice President Lance Bruce of the Wilmington Branch of the NAACP speaks to the Cable Video and Telecommunications Commission about Community Television. Complaints about Comcast Cable have caused the residents of Wilmington, Delaware to challenge the cable franchise agreement. Comcast Cable’s franchise agreement with the City of Wilmington is up for renewal this year. The current agreement expires October 2010 and the city leaders are upset about the Comcast Cable rumors to shut-down “live” community access to cable channels 28 and 190. The Leased Access Producers Association (LAPA) has hired a lawyer to review the current franchise agreement with Comcast Cable and the City of Wilmington, Delaware. The Cable Video and Telecommunications Commission of Wilmington has held Community Needs and Assessment meetings with citizens as well as mailing out a survey to residents on the road to evaluate the future of technology within the city. Community producers and supporters of LAPA demand that the City of Wilmington, Delaware require that the leased access studios stay open and continue “live” cablecast. They call for the cancellation of the franchise agreement with Comcast Cable and the establishment of a democratically elected board that represents the technological future of the city. LAPA believes the people own the right-of-ways and the air waves not a corporation or the government. Wilmington’s cable channel 28 was the stepping stone to the political support of current Vice President Joe Biden, who appeared on many “Live” local channel 28 television shows over the years to sustain his career.
