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Optimum Reverses Course on Public Access With Plan To Restore LTV, Sea-TV Channels in September

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Optimum has reversed course on its decision to bump LTV Studios from Channels 20 and 22 to the 1300s. Duel letters to the State Public Service Commission outlined the views of LTV, and in a later filing, Optimum. JACK MOTZ

Optimum has reversed course on its decision to bump LTV Studios from Channels 20 and 22 to the 1300s. Duel letters to the State Public Service Commission outlined the views of LTV, and in a later filing, Optimum. JACK MOTZ

authorJack Motz on Aug 29, 2025
After an uproar from public access stations regionwide, Optimum has announced its intent to reverse a decision that bumped LTV Studios and Sea-TV from their long-standing channels, 20 and 22,... more

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