The Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) has scheduled public infromational meetings for the renewal of Oceanic Time Warner Cable (OTWC) franchise in Maui County.
The hearings will occur in
| Kaunakakai | Lahaina | Wailuku |
| DATE: Monday August 27, 2012
TIME: 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. LOCATION: Kulana ‘Oiwi DHHL/OHA Conference Room |
DATE: Tuesday, August 28, 2012
TIME: 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. LOCATION: West Maui Senior Center, Multi Purpose Room |
DATE: Wednesday, August 29, 2012
TIME: 4:30 p.m. –7:00 p.m. LOCATION: J. Walter Cameron Center, Auditorium |
The meetings will be a time when the public will be allowed to speak out to present their views of Oceanic Time Warner services in Maui County. The DCCA will take written testimony until September 14, 2012.
You can view the details on the DCCA website, http://hawaii.gov/dcca/catv/twc-maui-county. On the site you can also find a customer satisfaction survey for OTWC customers to complete by the September 14th deadline for comments.
In addition, the DCCA will also be hearing public and written testimony on the services that Akakū Maui Community Television provides in Maui County. This testimony and written will be used to determine whether the DCCA should grant Akakū Maui Community Television the designation as the Public, Educational and Government Access organization for the County of Maui. On the DCCA site you will also find a questionnaire on Community Needs and Akakū Services for residents to complete and return by the September 14th deadline for written comments.
If you have any questions or comments on this process you can contact Akakū for more information and an action plan for these meetings. Please contact us at 871-5554. Akakū will be holding itʻs own community informational meetings on the OTWC franchise renewal and the PEG Access designation for Akakū shortly. Please stay tuned for the dates of these information meetings.



Oceanic Time Warner Cable TV will be renewing itʻs 20 year franchises for the County of Maui and the Lahaina/West Maui franchise next year. Itʻs time for the local organizations and the public to ask Oceanic what rent it will be paying us in exchange for you use of the public rights of way for the next 20 years. In the next two weeks, Akakū will hold information meetings with community members and organizational partners to discuss this important issue.




