A long-awaited review of Regional Educational Technology Network’s finances by telecom giant Comcast is complete, with no major findings of irregularity or a need to probe further.
That’s good news for RETN officials, who have feared that Comcast would try to exert undue and unprecedented oversight on its day-to-day operations. Comcast disagrees with what RETN and other public-access channels spend on certain equipment and programming. The company currently has a petition before state regulators.
The two sides, which have been locked in tough negotiations for more than a year, have also agreed in the past 24 hours to attempt to resolve their disputes by meeting face to face, said Scott Campitelli, RETN’s executive director. The first negotiation will take place on July 2.
“We’re hopeful a negotiated settlement can be reached,” Campitelli told Seven Days.
This article appears in The Green Issue 2009.
Got something to say?
Send a letter to the editor and we'll publish your feedback in print!
First Adelphia & now Comcast going after community access TV. And they do it with ratepayer money.Shameful. Perhaps we should tell Comcast not to waste any more of our money on this bullying.