2026-09-11 - Cable Television Advisory Board

00:07It is now.

00:08>> All right. Welcome everyone to the uh

00:11September meeting of the cable

00:13television advisory board. Um we'll uh

00:17begin with a roll call, although um I

00:20don't believe that we have quorum at the

00:22moment. Uh Steve Buckton is not here.

00:26Lauren Buyers

00:26>> here.

00:27>> Andrew Cenota is here. Uh Tim Cummings

00:30is not here. Uh Patrick Hannon is not

00:33here. Um Jennifer McCormack is not here.

00:37Nick Miservich

00:38>> here.

00:39>> Uh Cole Morgan

00:40>> here.

00:41>> Amber Morgan is not here. Uh Emily

00:44Vasser is not here but Okay. And um

00:47Oscar Vakis

00:49>> Velasis.

00:50>> Velasis.

00:51>> Yes.

00:51>> All right.

00:52>> Here.

00:52>> Okay. Thank you.

00:53>> Um All right. So again, we don't have a

00:56quorum. Uh but we will uh do reports. Uh

00:59Mr. Painter, will you

01:01>> All righty. Our current balance of the

01:03operating account 255 is $223,1954.

01:09Our expenses for August of 2026 and this

01:13includes salaries and facility

01:15operations uh totaled $36,222.

01:20Uh, excuse me. We had 79

01:23176 cable casts in total between June

01:26and uh August. And of this, 143 were

01:30live events. And this split down to

01:33public six, uh, I'm sorry, public 25,

01:36uh, education 40 and government 1651,

01:40and our, uh, high definition channel 27.

01:43We had 5291

01:45playbacks and of this the public had

01:482,677.

01:50Uh education 22 had 713 and government

01:5416 had 813 and our HD channel or

01:58highdeinition channel had uh 1,089.

02:02Uh we reported in June that the media

02:04controller for the uh in room monitors

02:06and computers in the city hall

02:08auditorium was at its end of life and

02:10had to be replaced. on advice from the

02:13manufacturer Extron uh key code our our

02:16vendor uh sent the dysfunctional

02:18controller to them and they are going to

02:21be able to repair it for almost one

02:23quarter the price uh for us replacing

02:25the system. Uh so we we are awaiting

02:28delivery of of the repair devices and

02:30key code will uh then [clears throat]

02:32reinstall the update uh and update the

02:35system.

02:37Uh again, we we didn't realize in June

02:40that Pete would be on vacation this week

02:42of September. So that's why we're having

02:44it here in the chamber and then we'll uh

02:46we'll kind of eye December for for us to

02:50have it in the studio. Uh we've also

02:52we've not purchased our new uh field

02:54cameras as of yet and we continue to

02:57research our best options both

02:59technically and budget-wise. Um Dan, do

03:01you have any?

03:03>> I do. Uh Dan Young, Nasha Community

03:05Media. Um, we have actually looked at

03:08three different um, well several, but

03:10we've looked really close at three

03:12different [sighs]

03:13uh, cameras, a Canon, a Panasonic, and a

03:16Sony. And we were really happy with the

03:18Panasonic until we found out that, um,

03:20one feature doesn't work in tandem with

03:23recording things. So, uh, it looks

03:25currently like we're going to go with

03:26the Sony. I don't know the model number

03:29off the top of my head, but I know that

03:30Pete was working on getting

03:32>> Yeah. um and accurate quotes uh prior or

03:36earlier this week, but we weren't able

03:37to get them in time.

03:39>> Okay. Uh the Alliance for Community

03:42Media Northeast Region is coming to

03:44Nashville this November. Uh the annual

03:46conference and trade show will be held

03:48at the Sheran Terra uh November 16th to

03:5118th. And although the conference

03:53pricing isn't available at this time, we

03:55we have some kind of a an idea. I think

03:57it's $300 for the entire thing uh for

04:01the for the 16th through the 18th. Um

04:05we hope to see some of the more

04:07Nashville community media and interested

04:10CAB members to attend. Uh there'll be

04:12single day and full day conference

04:14pricing. Uh the event also includes the

04:16free RSVP admission to a Alliance for

04:20Comm Community Media Northeast. Um

04:23[clears throat] the Nor Easter video

04:25awards presentation that showcases the

04:27best in pay access programming in New

04:30England and New York. Conference pricing

04:32should be available. Oh, okay. Um if

04:34not, then we we'll we'll provide I'm

04:37sorry. Um we'd like to see as many as

04:40possible as you people can attend

04:42because it is right here in NSHA. Um, as

04:45we're now beginning the uh fiscal year

04:482028 budget season, we would like to

04:51open the discussion concerning this.

04:54Strictly from our point of view, we have

04:55maintained for many years that we should

04:57ask permitted in our current franchise

04:59agreement for an increase to 5% up from

05:02our current 4%. While this will not

05:05solve the problem of customer migration

05:07on the to streaming platforms and away

05:10from traditional cable, it will avoid

05:12asking the already strapped budgetary

05:14process of the city for help for at

05:16least one more year. Uh we realize this

05:20is kicking the can down the road. Yet we

05:22do believe it's a viable option for

05:24continued albeit temporary operational

05:27solveny. Uh further we also understand

05:29that taking this path would be a

05:31legislative process culminating in a

05:33board of alderman debate. Um with that

05:35said I I would request all of us would

05:38request that we have a special meeting

05:40that we call for the budget discussion.

05:43Um you know not not today but but have

05:45an specific meeting for that and I would

05:48ask the chairman if we [clears throat]

05:49could do that. I

05:50>> I think especially given the fact that

05:52we don't have a quorum today I think

05:54we'd have to do that.

05:55>> Okay.

05:56>> Um Mr. Morgan.

05:58>> Um, just want to say first of all, I

06:00agree that's a great idea. We should

06:01definitely have a special meeting. Maybe

06:03even specifically about um maybe even a

06:06subcommittee to plan the transition from

06:08traditional media to streaming media.

06:10It's an inevitable change that's going

06:12to have to happen. We should probably

06:13have a committee that um that focuses on

06:15that. Uh and also I have to head back to

06:18downtown improvement committee. They

06:19just lost someone and they have to vote

06:21on something and since we don't have

06:22quorum um I have to go vote over there.

06:25>> All right. Thank you. Thank you guys.

06:26[laughter] Sorry.

06:27>> Well, thank you so much, Cole, for

06:29coming.

06:30>> Call me.

06:30>> Yeah.

06:33>> All right, Dan. Um,

06:34>> got the [clears throat] uh

06:35>> short uh Dan Young, National Community

06:38Media, uh going over the highlights for

06:41um Nasha ETV. Um as you can see, Pete

06:45printed uh Pete included a list of of

06:48all of our accomplishments over the last

06:50corner, but I'd like to point out um a

06:52couple in specific. Um, in June we

06:54covered the NSHA North and NSHA South

06:57graduations live from Stello Stadium.

07:00Um, uh, we did a live, uh, we did some

07:06live coverage at the National Public

07:08Library um, of one of the concerts there

07:12and we had done a second one which I

07:14think these two got transposed actually.

07:16But in July um, we did some Fourth of

07:20July

07:22um, stuff. We covered the Spartans

07:25and the USA 250 fireworks from Holman um

07:28and the FCBL, the Silver Knights. They

07:32um they asked us if we would cover the

07:34All-Star game for them and that was that

07:38was fantastic. That was probably that

07:40was a blast. I'm just going to put it

07:42there. You You all should have been

07:43there to help us out because we could

07:45have used more hands. Um and that also

07:47included the home run derby um along

07:50with that. Um, and then in August, we

07:53started a new uh program uh called Aging

07:58Gracefully. Um, we started recording

08:00that. We haven't been able to finish

08:03editing them up yet. Um, but it is a

08:07show about uh elderly care and and

08:10caring for your loved ones as they as

08:12they get older. So, um, and of course

08:16all of the other games and fun stuff

08:19that we do. Thank you.

08:21>> All right. Thank you.

08:23>> Uh, Mr. Bartis. Oh, I'm sorry. You were

08:26done, right? Mr. Bartis.

08:28>> Thank you. Bob Bartis on behalf of

08:30BRBTV. Uh, Mr. Peanut covered our

08:33numbers for the month. Uh we have

08:35continued to

08:37have the live cams that we have

08:39throughout the city that are available

08:40on the NPTV website that you could see

08:43anywhere in the world which includes the

08:45Nasha Senior River uh center cam, the

08:47Chamber of Commerce bridge cam,

08:49Nashville Library, the Mines Falls Park

08:51entrance, West Hollis Street, Main

08:52Street. The Main Street camera is also

08:55now on the billboard slide on the

08:57channel. So, uh, in between shows, uh,

09:00when we do the billboards, you'll see

09:02that Main Street camera, uh, along with

09:04a, uh, date and time and weather app,

09:07we've continued with our live broadcast,

09:09uh, each and every month, including, uh,

09:11Mayor Donis, AMR Director Chris Staywis,

09:15County Treasurer Dave Fet, Nashville

09:17Fire Rescue Chief Buckton, and

09:19representatives from the Nashville

09:20Police Department. And our live special

09:23events for the last quarter include the

09:25NSHA pride parade, Nasha summer stroll,

09:28the Renaissance Park dedication, the

09:29Celebration of Life memorial service for

09:31Nasha Fire Rescue uh Chief Glenn Telgen,

09:36and the Gley Park Art Show. And as

09:38always, our shows that are recorded uh

09:40get posted weekly on Apple and Roku.

09:45>> Great. Thank you. Uh, do the members of

09:47the committee that are here have any

09:50thing that they any questions, comments?

09:54>> All right. Um,

09:56>> Nick Nick does.

09:57>> Oh, Nick.

09:58>> Yeah,

09:58>> thank you. Nick Meiserich. Uh, just a

10:01question for Mr. Painter. On your uh

10:03budget sheet, the uh [cough]

10:07revenue incoming is $221,55753.

10:13Is that one quarter's payment from the

10:15franchise fees?

10:17>> Well, that's not the franchise fee. That

10:19is our balance. You do you mean the the

10:22current balance?

10:25>> No, I'm referring to the 221,000.

10:28>> Oh, okay. No, I'm sorry. That is a

10:30quarter quarterly franchise fee

10:32>> and that's one quarter quarterly

10:33payment.

10:34>> One quarter.

10:34>> Thank you.

10:38>> Any other question for Mr. P? And that

10:41is presently at the 4%.

10:43>> That's presently at the 4%.

10:44>> So doing the math, it's four times 2 and

10:46a quarter.

10:48>> Yeah.

10:49>> Okay.

10:49>> Yeah.

10:51>> All right. Any other questions,

10:53comments?

10:55All right. Um

10:59since um

11:02we've already touched on the community

11:05media conference and the budget um that

11:08would be under new business. Um but we

11:10don't have a quorum to vote on anything.

11:12Um there is there any discussion of

11:15either of those items that people want

11:16to have. Um if not, we'll probably pick

11:19that up at the uh special meeting that

11:21we'll have to call. Um there are no

11:24members of the public present. So public

11:26comment uh remarks by members.

11:32All right. Uh if there are no remarks by

11:34members, is there a uh

11:38final motion? Well, I guess we don't

11:39even need a final motion because we

11:41don't have a quorum to vote on it. Um,

11:44then uh I I will ask everyone to uh

11:46remember those that that uh died on 911.

11:49Um since this is the anniversary um and

11:52then um we will be adjourned.

11:56>> Right. Thank you everyone.

11:57>> Thank you everybody for coming today.

11:59Thank you.

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