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Saint Paul considers community partnership with SPNN to run telecast services ahead of 2026 franchise talks
Summary
OTC and St. Paul Neighborhood Network presented a proposal to shift day-to-day control-room operations to SPNN while OTC retains oversight, aiming to protect live broadcasts of city and county meetings amid falling PEG revenues and upcoming franchise and telecast agreement milestones in 2026.
The Office of Technology and Communications (OTC) and St. Paul Neighborhood Network (SPNN) outlined a plan to keep Saint Paul's public meeting broadcasts running uninterrupted as cable-based revenue declines and key agreements converge in 2026. Chase Maxwell, communications and digital media manager in OTC, told the Budget & Finance Committee the city is negotiating a new Comcast franchise and approaching the end of a two-year telecast service agreement with Ramsey County, and that a long-tenured OTC staffer is retiring.
Why it matters: the city charter requires OTC to ensure council meetings air live on the government access channel, be replayed on an approved schedule and remain available online. Those services are delivered under a PEG (Public, Educational and Government) model funded in part by cable franchise and…
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