A public access television network that had its funding cut by the county commission can continue to broadcast for at least four more years, according to a tentative settlement of the network's lawsuit against Hillsborough County. ...more

January 7, 2009

The Hillsborough County Commission has tentatively settled a lawsuit by a public access television network over $355,000 in budget cuts to the station. ...more

January 6, 2009

The 35-member Hogans, a new Sun City Center golf club, recently elected officers from Sun City Center and Kings Point. ...more

February 21, 2008

An attempt to get residents of unincorporated Hillsborough County back on the public access channel appears to be stalled as the county and the network bicker over funding. ...more

January 14, 2008

What do Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Fidel Castro and four current Hillsborough County commissioners have in common? ...more

October 26, 2007

TAMPA - What do Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Fidel Castro and four current Hillsborough County commissioners have in common? Their likenesses all appear in an ad the Tampa Bay Community Network plans to air this weekend to raise money for a legal fund. The network is suing Hillsborough County over its decision to cut $355,000 in spending for the station from this year's budget. The network has prepared at least three fundraising ads for the court fight. The most hard-hitting is an ad that opens with images of Hitler, Stalin and Castro and then fades to pictures of the four county commissioners who voted to kill the station's stipend. ...more

October 25, 2007

With its funding eliminated and a judge's ruling against it, a public access television network is unable to allow county residents to produce programming, at least for the time being. ...more

October 4, 2007