talking points
- In the most recent Charter customer survey, 37% of cable viewers watch TV2 one to three times a week. There were over 26,000 cable subscriber households in our community when that survey was taken. That represents over 9000 people watching each week.
- With wide bi-partisan support, the new Michigan Uniform Video Franchise Act reasserts the value of public access television by including provisions to fund it with a portion of the franchise fees paid to local governments.
- TV2 operations are funded by a modest portion of cable franchise fees paid to local governments.
- TV2 is the only source of long-format and citizen produced local programming on cable television in our area.
- Citizens with limited mobility or scheduling conflicts use TV2 for long-format coverage of local meetings and events.
- TV2 funding works best when everyone chips in. Putting the burden of support on just a few townships is unfair and poor regional citizenship.