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<br />INTRODUCING ORANGE COUNTY GOVERNMENT CHANNEL 265 <br />A Brief History <br />Orange County and Time Warner Cable signed a new franchise agreement in <br />November 2005. As part of that agreement, Orange County received a <br />government access channel so that Orange County Commission meetings could <br />be cable cast live to the residents of Orange County who were Time Warner <br />Cable customers. <br />In order to accommodate that request, Time Warner Cable agreed to give <br />Orange County a channel on the digital tier, and make "special" digital converter <br />boxes available at no charge to the residents of Orange County who were Time <br />Warner Cable customers. <br />The two facilities where County Commission meetings are held - Southern <br />Human Services Center (Chapel Hill) and currently, the Gordon Battle Courtroom <br />in the New Courthouse - but planned to become the new public meeting space <br />as part of the John M. Link, Jr. Government Services Center remodel <br />(Hillsborough), needed to be equipped and readied for such an operation. <br />The process began in early 2006 to outfit the Southern Human Services Center <br />in Chapel Hill with the necessary equipment to make this happen. The County <br />Commission also authorized supplemental funding for equipment enhancements <br />to further upgrade staff audio and visual presentation for the Commission and <br />public. <br />Equipment installation has been completed, tested, and is ready to go live. The <br />channel is 265 on the digital tier. <br />Watching Channel 265 <br />Beginning March 27, 2007, Orange County residents may view a live cablecast <br />of the County Commission's regular monthly meetings held at Southern Human <br />Services Center in Chapel Hill. These live cable casts will be available to Time <br />Warner Cable customers on Channel 265, on the Chapel Hill and Carrboro <br />channel line-ups. This channel is located on the digital tier of service. <br />To bring Channel 265 at no cost to Time Warner Cable customers in Orange <br />County who may not currently have digital service, customers must request a <br />digital converter box. The digital boxes are being provided at no charge to <br />Orange County customers by Time Warner Cable. <br />If you are a Time Warner Cable customer and already subscribe to digital <br />channels, simply tune in to Channel 265 to see the Orange County Commission <br />meetings cable cast live from Southern.