WALLINGFORD - Wallingford public access TV is still local, but its availability is now global, due to a new live video streaming arrangement.

Channel 18's video is now being broadcast at http://www.vbricktv.com/wpa, thanks to technology upgrades donated by Wallingford-based VBrick Systems Inc. The company is also providing the Web site.

VBrick, on Beaumont Road, is known worldwide for hardware that converts video and audio signals into digital data accessible over the Internet.

The company's founder, Richard Mavrogeanes, is a Wallingford native and has lent support to the Wallingford Public Access Association's effort to create a new headquarters. Mavrogeanes said it is important for WPAA and other public television groups to think beyond cable.