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FEBRUARY CLOSINGS:
Saturday, February 6, 2010 DCTV Administration, Programming and Production Services will be CLOSED for maintenance.
President's Day
Monday, February 15, 2010
DCTV Administration and Programming CLOSED. Production Services Open 10:00AM - 6:30PM.
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Learn about the benefits of membership in DCTV, including production training, and opportunities to telecast noncommercial programs to more than 300,000 homes in Washington, DC.
To begin or renew your Active DCTV membership, you must supply a valid ID & separate documentation of your home address, in addition to your membership application and fee. Click here to see the list of accepted documents.
You can also join as a Supporting Friend of DCTV (with voting privileges, but without active use of DCTV facilities & services).
If you are joining DCTV from outside the Washington metropolitan area, please also click here to download special instructions.
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ATTENTION DCTV MEMBERS & PRODUCERS:
DCTV will be hosting a Producers and Members OPEN HOUSE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 from 7-9PM.
There will be a live taping and interview of Producer, Cast and Crew from ANACOSTIA THE SERIES, and a tour of our brand new HD facilities!
Please RSVP by clicking [HERE]
is receiving rave reviews!
AIRING EXCLUSIVELY ON DCTV!
"New Original Series"
Airing on Comcast 95 & RCN 10 Saturdays & Thursdays 10:30 PM
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DCTV is implementing its long-term technology plan beginning January 2010. We will be officially high definition (HD) ready. The new facility upgrades will include studio cameras, virtual sets, updated control room, a new master control room, and an upgraded multimedia Brooks room. This major upgrade will ready DCTV for the future, and increase productivity, efficiency, and the quality of programming. Our members will have the opportunity to receive free trainings on our new hardware as well this year.
PLEASE NOTE: Effective January 22nd - February 7th, Studio A will be CLOSED with limited use of the edit suites during this period.
2010 Continuing Education Training is available for members certified in studio use and editing. These are mandatory, free classes for members who plan to use the upgraded studio and editing suites.
Upon completion of re-certification, members will be allowed to book the upgraded facility beginning Monday, February 15. Please register for one of the available 2-hour training slots here:
[CLICK HERE TO REGISTER YOUR DATE/TIME]
 DCTV's Youth Training Institute (YTI) gives young people in the Washington area the opportunity to learn and create media to make positive changes in the community. YTI empowers youth voices by providing forums for expression for youth. Joining DCTV's Youth Media Council, a division of YTI, is a great way for middle-school and high school students to gain access to DCTV production resources, mentoring, and training. Youth can also earning credit for service learning or community service hours. Starting this Spring, the Youth Media Council will meet twice a month to produce programs and activities in the community.
CLICK HERE to view the application.
ONLY A FEW SEATS STILL AVAILABLE!
Please contact Jasmine White at 202-526-7007x105.
DCTV continues its programming blocks that are dedicated to youth, nonprofits, health and spirtuality. ENRICHMENT, will be dedicated to spirtuality and health; FOCUS will be dedicated to youth and nonprofits. FOCUS features programming for and by non-profits and youth organizations, including profiles, features, and strategies to empower the community.
FOCUS PROGRAMMING ON COMCAST 96 / RCN 11:
| Tuesdays through Thursdays |
12PM - 4PM |
| Saturdays |
7AM - 11AM |
| Sundays |
7PM - 10PM |
| Connections, on Comcast 96 and RCN 11, creates dialogue and expert tips from some of the area's strongest nonprofits. Tune in! |
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NEW YAP-TV Episodes this month!
Stay tuned for YAP-TV Extra segments which feature topics include HPV prevention, financial literacy, and peer pressure.
Comcast Ch 95 / RCN Ch 10
Preserve Community Access Now by Supporting COMMUNITY ACCESS PRESERVATION (CAP) Act. The public access community has been fighting for years to keep our heads above water. The Alliance for Community Media (ACM) and DCTV have worked side by side to protect the precious resources of public
access television and all community media. In October, Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin filed the Community Access Preservation Act, which if enacted, would preserve and protect Public, Education, Government (PEG) access channels in four ways.
This bill:
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Removes use restrictions on PEG access fees; |
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Ends operators’ discriminatory treatment of PEG channels; |
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Directs the FCC to study and report on the effects recent States’ video franchising legislation have had on PEG access; and |
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Defines all video services delivered to the home over wire as “cable” for them purposes of the act, regardless of the transmission protocol used. |
The goal of ACM’s Preserve Community Access Now campaign is to get co-sponsors for the bill in the House, get a version filed in the Senate, get the bill passed by Congress, and signed by the President - before the summer recess.
What You Can Do TODAY:
FAX, WRITE & E-MAIL your Representatives and Senators. ACM has set up a simple online fax tool : CLICK HERE. This ACM link allows you to enter your zip code and automatically contact your Representative and
Senator to ask them to support HR 3745, which needs co-sponsors in the House, and a companion bill in the Senate. When visiting DCTV, we can also help you submit a letter using the web. We must work together to preserve community access!
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DCTV OPEN HOUSE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 from 7-9PM.
RSVP
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2010 Classes are filling quickly. Please register to become certified at DCTV. We will also be providing FREE training on our upgraded facilities.
Click Here
for the 2010 Training Schedule
Class: DCTV 101
Mandatory one-day orientation for new members.
An overview of the history of public access television, producer responsibilities,
and DCTV policies, procedures, and tour
Cost: FREE for members
Class: PRODUCER
After DCTV 101, members must take this 8 week course as a prerequisite for Field, Studio and Editing Classes.
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