CITY OF LOS ANGELES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGENCY

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CITY OF LOS ANGELESINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
AGENCY

• Public, Educational
• Governmental Access
• Needs Assessment Findings and Recommendations
• March 4, 2004

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Purpose of a Cable Television Needs Assessment

• To identify the future cable related community
  needs and interests
• To document the communitys cable related needs
  and interests

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Los Angeles Cable Television Environment

• Over 645,000 subscribers
• 14 distinct franchise areas
• Served by five incumbent operators
• Complex cable television environment

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Todays PEG Environment

• 24 PEG channels
• 2 interconnected channels CityView 35 and LACTAC
  36
• 1 local P 1 local E channel in each franchise
  area
• 14 P E Access Facilities
• Local P E facilities managed by Cable Operators
  

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The Needs Assessment Staff Report is Based on

• Community Focus Groups
• Interviews
• Studies
• Surveys
• Public Hearings

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Findings From Needs Assessment Study

• Community interested in
• Reform PE access model
• Interconnection of PEG facilities
• New technologies Video-on-demand High
  definition TV Interactive advanced cable
  services
• Community based programming Government
  Ethnic/cultural Local arts Educational (K-12
  college) Consumer protection issues Local events

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Findings From Needs Assessment Study

• High capacity institutional network (I-Net) that
  enables
• Videoconferencing
• Interconnected PEG Media Centers
• LIVE PEG Programming from Community locations
• Communication to discrete interest groups

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Possible I-Net Connections
City sites red School sites blue
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Findings From Needs Assessment Study

• Cable service to PEG facilities, Government
  Buildings, Schools, Libraries
• Centralized Media Center/Control Center and
  individual Community Media Centers
• Sufficient PEG Channels and adequate Digital
  capacity on the subscriber system

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Recommendations For Future Improvements

• Address community needs
• Analysis of past problems and best practices

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Recommendations

• State-of-the-Art PEG facilities and cable
  systems
• Configured to deliver one and two-way cable
  related services
• Keep pace with technology throughout life of the
  franchise

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Recommendations

• Enhance the Citys neighborhood service
  initiatives
• Ample financial support for PEG
• Meet the communitys current and future needs

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Recommendations

• PEG channels carried on the same channel location
  throughout the City
• Public and Educational Access should be managed
  by an entity designated by the City
• Access for schools, libraries and other public
  buildings

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Recommendations

• Tools to ensure compliance with franchise and
  regulatory requirements
• Accommodate people with disabilities

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Thank You
For more information www.lacity.org/ITA/itacr2d.h
tm Or call [phone]

• Dianne Mattingly
• Access Services Analyst, ITA
• dmatting_at_ita.lacity.org
• 213.485.1354