04/01/2024
Unfortunately, Seekonk Cable Access Corporation, the non-profit organization that the Town of Seekonk has designated to provide you with Public Access Television, Educational Programming, and Governmental Programs, has been suspended until further notice.
The Seekonk Board of Selectmen has directed the Town Administrator to refrain from rendering payment for services from Xfinity/Comcast since August of last year. Your Xfinity provider charges all subscribers a fee every month to provide Seekonk with local cable access, and the town of Seekonk has always allowed the payment check to be delivered directly to Seekonk Cable Access every quarter. They stopped that last summer, abusing a loophole in a state law that is in the process of being amended.
We at Seekonk Cable Access, through our Board of Directors and legal counsel, have tried in good faith to negotiate a reasonable solution to this non-payment for production services. However, the Board of Selectman and their counsel delayed negotiations until last Friday, offering no serious proposal for a new negotiated agreement between Seekonk Cable Access and the Town of Seekonk.
We really hope we can come to a solution soon. The Board of Selectmen must negotiate in good faith, and we are willing to meet anytime to come to a reasonable solution. But until now, the great programming you have come to expect will be suspended until a settlement is agreed to.
Thank you.
