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Atlanta to support People TV to tune of $180,000, but wants strategic plan

By Jeremiah Mcwilliams

Dec 5, 2011

Atlanta's City Council voted on Monday, Dec. 5 to request that the city increase the funding allocation for People TV to provide public access television on Channel 24, and to ask that People TV present a strategic plan to the council. The ordinance would authorize the city's chief financial officer to allocate $180,000 for "public access operations and support. The ordinance also authorizes Mayor Kasim Reed to enter into a new agreement with a public access provider when the current agreement with People TV Inc. ends.

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