Philadelphia used to be the biggest city in the country without a public-access TV channel until activists won a 27-year battle to launch PhillyCAM. Now, under the proposed Comcast franchise deal, PhillyCAM is looking at budget cuts. Is it a sign of the times?
How technology and civic participation intersect in Philadelphia was the central focus of a forum hosted Friday by the OpenAccessPhilly public/private stakeholders group.
The meeting, for tech companies that contract or want to contract with the city, will discuss Chief Innovation Officer Adel Ebeid's vision for city IT and the new technologies the city aims to embrace, said Civic Technology Director Tim Wisniewski. Think APIs, cloud hosting, software as a service.