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Seattle Channel wins Overall Excellence at the Northwest Emmy Awards

Seattle Channel recognized for overall excellence and a human-interest feature. SEATTLE – (June 9, 2024) Seattle Channel received the Overall Excellence Emmy Award at the 62nd annual Northwest Regional Emmy Awards Saturday, June 7. This is the first time the channel has earned the prestigious honor, which recognizes the quality,… [ Keep reading ]

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Supporting Digital Equity in Seattle’s diverse neighborhoods

Seattle has long valued and supported community-driven technology solutions, recognizing that local neighborhoods and micro communities know best what’s needed to support digital equity within our large diverse city. Seattle established our Technology Matching Fund program in 1996 to support the community’s efforts to close the digital divide and encourage… [ Keep reading ]

City of Seattle Leverages Collaboration to Accelerate 5G Deployment

The City of Seattle is enabling higher capacity wireless networks in Seattle through interdepartmental cooperation and collaboration between the City and the cellular industry. The City has worked with our industry partners for over two years to accelerate the expansion of ultrafast fifth-generation (“5G”) wireless services throughout Seattle. According to… [ Keep reading ]

City of Seattle receives nearly $400,000 in federal funds to support high-speed internet

The City of Seattle received $393,200 to help connect Seattle residents to reliable, affordable high-speed internet. The funding stems from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant Program. Connecting all communities across the United States to high-speed internet is central to President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to… [ Keep reading ]

Key Digital Equity Resolutions Passed by US Conference of Mayors

By Jim Loter, Interim Chief Technology Officer, Seattle Information Technology At the 91st meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors in Columbus, Ohio, last weekend, Mayor Bruce Harrell’s Technology and Innovation Committee approved a number of important resolutions that were adopted by the organization. Two of these resolutions are… [ Keep reading ]

Seattle Channel wins 5 Northwest Regional Emmy Awards 

NEWS RELEASE FROM SEATTLE CHANNEL  Seattle Channel recognized for storytelling in arts/entertainment, diversity equity inclusion, and more!  SEATTLE (June 5, 2023) Seattle Channel is the recipient of five Northwest Emmy Awards in the categories of arts/entertainment, business/consumer, diversity equity inclusion, human interest, and video essayist. The winning programs include an Art Zone… [ Keep reading ]