Documents:
Administration & Management
2015 VAN Wages & Benefits Survey Report
This is the Final Report of the Wages & Benefits Survey VAN conducted between December 16, 2014 and March 16, 2015.
Comcast Replies to VAN’s Reply to Comcast’s Motion to Amend Judgement
Comcast filed these comments with the Public Service Board on April 19, 2017, after VAN filed its comments arguing against the company’s motion to Amend the Board’s judgement.
Docket 8301: Comcast’s Motion To Alter or Amend Judgment
This motion was filed by Comcast at the Public Service Board on February 13, 2017, challenging the Board’s Final Order and CPG on several points. Among them were the company’s contention that the Board had no jurisdictional authority to require it to provide PEG AMOs access to its Interactive Program Guide and providing return signal […]
Rule 8 AMO Annual Report FORM (PDF)
This is the 2nd “Temp Version 2.5,” revised to fix bugs, on March 22, 2016, which rolls back sections 6a and 7b to earlier versions. It has been modified slightly to reflect the Public Service Board’s name change as of July 1, 2017 to “Public Utilities Commission”, or the PUC. For the Instructions that accompany […]
Rule 8 AMO Reporting INSTRUCTIONS (PDF)
These Instructions were updated April 15, 2015, and also slightly to reflect the Public Service Board’s name change on July 1, 2017 to “Public Utilities Commission,” or the PUC. To download the Rule 8.422 PDF Form, click here: ANNUAL PEG ACCESS REPORT FORM.
Troubleshooting the Rule 8 Annual Report Form
Whether a Mac User or PC User, or whether you use Adobe Reader, Mac Preview or Adobe Acrobat, please download and read this Troubleshooting document.
VAN’s Reply to Comcast’s Opposition to PSB Order in Docket #8301
This Filing was made by VAN on March 22, 2017, in opposition to Comcast’s Motion to Alter or Amend Judgement made by Vermont’s Public Service Board.
VAT Archival Best Practices – Additional Technical Info
This document supplements the VAN Archival Team (VAT) Best Practices Recommendations found at http://vermontaccess.net/documents/archivalbest2015/
VAT Archival Best Practices – Recommendations
This is the May 1, 2015 recommendations made by the seven-member VAN Archival Team after a year of identifying a number of common archival challenges.
Vermont PUC Rule 8.000 (Amended 2-12-10)
Vermont’s cable television regulation, most recently amended by the Public Utility Commission on February 12, 2010. The Rules governing PEG Access begin at §8.400.
Archival Best Practices Survey Results
24 AMOs responded to the Van Archival Team’s (VAT) follow-up survey about its 2015 Best Archival Practices doc. The purpose was to find out how useful the document was and what lingering archival concerns remained.
BCTV 2013 Annual Report to Members
A full-color printed booklet narrating the events and statistics of BCTV’s 2013 fiscal year.
BCTV FY13 PEG Access Annual Report
Rule 8 required annual PEG Access report filed by BCTV for its FY13.
Burlington Telecom Docket 7044 – CPG
This is BT’s Certificate of Public Good, expiring September 13, 2016.
Burlington Telecom Docket 7044 – Final Order
This is the narrative background to BT’s CPG, expiring September 13, 2016.
Burlington Telecom Docket 7044 Attachment A
This is Attachment A to BT’s Certificate of Public Good, creating the Cable Advisory Council.
Burlington Telecom Docket 7044 Attachment B
This is Attachment B of BT’s CPG, which outlines Quality & Complaint Standards conditions.
CAT-TV Master Operating Rules
From the document: “The policies of CAT-TV have been written to the benefit of its users in order to promote our mission. The staff welcomes your comments and is eager to provide any assistance you may require to understand and follow them, including reading support to those who may require it due to disability.”
CATV8 – VTel PEG Access Agreement, June 2014
Contract between Community Access Television (CATV8, based in White River Junction, VT) and Vermont Telephone Co. (VTel), signed June 4, 2014, and effective for five (5) years.
Charter CPG in Docket No. 7820
This is Charter Communication’s CPG renewed by the PSB on April 3, 2015, set to expire on April 2, 2026.
Charter PSB Order in Docket No. 7820
This is the PSB’s Order, explaining the CPG issued to Charter, in Docket No. 7820.
Charter/VAN/DPS Memo of Understanding in Docket No. 7820
This is the MOU agreed upon by Charter, the Vermont Access Network and the Department of Public Service in Charter’s CPG renewal Docket No. 7820.
Comcast 8301 Brief, Sept 2, 2016
This is Comcast’s filing in Docket No. 8301 that summarizes its positions in the form of a Brief, which includes the company’s recommendations to the Board for its renewed CPG.
Comcast FINAL CPG, Docket No. 8301
This is the Final CPG issued to Comcast by the Vermont Public Service Board on Friday, January 13, 2017. It expires on December 29, 2027. The Board’s Order, which provides detailed explanation of the whys and hows behind the CPG, can be found HERE.
Comcast FINAL ORDER Docket No. 8301
This is the Final Order, issued by the Vermont Public Service Board on February 13, 2017, that accompanies its Certificate of Public Good issued to Comcast, found HERE, which expires on December 29, 2027.
Comcast Reply Brief, Docket No. 8301
This is Comcast’s Reply Brief filed with the Public Service Board on October 7, 2016 in Docket No. 8301.
Comcast Witness Dan Glanville’s Rebuttal Testimony
This is Comcast Witness Daniel Glanville’s rebuttal testimony of DPS and VAN witnesses’ testimonies. Dated March 22, 2016.
Comcast’s Project Open Voice Final Report
Executive Summary
The results of the VOD and Online PEG trials that Comcast conducted in five pilot communities from February 2011 to January 2014 in Peterborough, NH; Medford, OR; Fresno, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Hialeah, FL and Houston, TX.
Comcast’s Responses to VAN’s 1st Set of Discovery Requests
Comcast filed its Responses on November 18, 2015.
CVTV 2015 PEG Access Agreement w/Charter
This contract went into effect on May 14, 2015 and will expire May 13, 2020.
Dept of Public Service 8301 Brief Filing, Sept 2, 2016
This is the Department of Public Service’s filing of its Brief in Docket No. 8301, describing its positions regarding the renewal of Comcast’s CPG.
Political Broadcasting Guide
This 23-page law-firm written document is intended to provide guidance to over-the-air broadcasters with regard to such election/campaign issues as equal opportunities, censorship, reasonable access and others. While there is an obvious focus on rules and practices imposed and enforced by the FCC on commercial and non-commercial TV and radio broadcasters, those in PEG Access […]
Telecommunication Plan for Vermont, 2000 (excerpt)
This Telecom Plan was published by the Vermont Public Service Department in the year 2000. PEG Access issues played a prominent role in this report, and sections dealing with PEG Access have been excerpted here. Transition from analog to digital and the Internet were significant future concerns of the Department.
Telecommunication Plan for Vermont, 2004 (excerpt)
The Vermont Public Service Department published this Telecom Plan in September, 2004. Here are excerpts of that plan that dealt with PEG Access and related issues. It should be noted that “Plans” like these are advisory only, and do not carry the weight of Public Service Board regulation or legislative law, although either of these […]
Telecommunication Survey for Vermont, 2012
This survey was conducted by the Vermont Public Service Department in 2012. The results of one question on PEG Access is reported therein.
Telecommunications Plan for Vermont, 2011: Broadband
This partial Telecom Plan, authored by the Vermont Public Service Department (PSD), focused only on Broadband. It does not mention PEG Access in any context. As is the case for all PSD Plans, recommendations contained therein are advisory only, and do not have any force of law.
VAN Pre-Filed Testimonies in Comcast Docket 8301
Here are the testimonies of VAN’s six witnesses, filed with the Public Service Board by Attorney Douglas Marden on January 26, 2016. This version for the website does not include the 600 pages of Exhibits, which may be examined upon request via Info@VermontAccess.net.
VAN Reply Brief, Docket No. 8301
This is VAN’s Reply Brief filed with the Public Service Board on October 7, 2016 in Docket No 8301.
VAN Responses to Comcast’s First Discovery
These are VAN’s Responses to Comcast’s First Set of Interrogatories and Requests to Produced, filed by Attorney Douglas Marden with the Public Service Board February 29, 2016.
VAN Supplemental Testimony in Docket No. 8301
This document contains the supplemental testimonies, filed on May 13, 2016, of five VAN Witnesses: Lauren-Glenn Davitian, Andrew Crawford, Seth Mobley, Robert Chapman and Lisa Byer. The referenced Exhibits are not included with this document, but can be obtained on request from VAN at Info@VermontAccess.net.
VAN’s Brief, September 2016
This Brief, filed by VAN with the Public Service Board and submitted to Comcast and the Department of Public Service on September 2, 2016 in the Docket No. 8301, contains VAN’s recommendations of conditions to be placed upon Comcast by the Board in the company’s renewed CPG.
VAN’s First Discovery Request to Comcast
This is VAN’s first set of Information Requests and Requests to Produce served on Comcast and filed by Attorney Douglas Marden with the Public Service Board on October 20, 2015 in Docket No. 8301. Responses by Comcast to this set of Interrogatories may be found in this category of documents.
VAN’s Motion to Intervene
This Motion was filed May 5, 2014 in Docket No. 7820, the “Charter CPG Renewal” docket. The Public Service Board granted VAN intervenor party status without objection by the other parties.
VAN’s Opinion on Comcast/Charter Joint Petition
Sent by VAN’s attorney, Doug Marden, to the Board in response to its query whether or not to join the Charter Renewal Docket No. 7820 with Comcast’s FCC Form 394 Filing to acquire Charter’s assets in Vermont.
Waitsfield Cable CPG (1982)
This is the first-ever CPG issued to Waitsfield Cable in Docket No. 4589 by the Public Service Board on May 3, 1982.
Waitsfield Cable CPG for Town of Bolton
This is the CPG issued by the Public Service Board in Docket No. 7351 on September 24, 2008 to Waitsfield-Fayston Telephone Company (d/b/a Waitsfield Cable) to serve a portion of the Town of Bolton.
