Ben Sheldon has created a very, very cool tool to help organize public access TV stations in the US.
Link: Mapping Access.org
Public access TV has existed for over 30 years in this country, yet no one seems to really know how many stations exist. Strangely, these stations have never worked as a network…until now. There is a growing group of access workers who are bringing the experience of Web 2.0 to an aging and threatened community media community.
Imagine if you connected these 500+ independent TV stations together.
In the "old days", stations needed satellites and Fed Ex to move programs around.
Now we can share and distribute video easily through the web.
Cliuck, click, and you’re nationwide.
Democracy Now has done a great job of harnessing these stations.
Another cool project is the emerging Digital Bicycle, a system for delivering independently produced TV programs through torrents.