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HOLIDAY HOURS
Labor Day - Monday
September 6, 2010
Production will be open from 10:00AM - 6:30PM.
All other departments CLOSED.
SPECIAL CLOSING:
DCTV will be closed for maintenance
October 11 - Octber 23, 2010
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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).
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***PLEASE PARTICIPATE IN AN IMPORTANT FORUM
SEEKING PUBLIC TESTIMONY ABOUT PUBLIC ACCESS***
Everybody is invited- DCTV Viewers, Members, Supporters, Friends and Family from every Community! Please come out and express your vision for the future of DCTV. Your Voice, Your Network!
We need your voice to represent the value of DCTV in the community and how we'd all like to see DCTV in the near future.
What's your vision for DCTV?
- More funding for serving DC communities, equipment maintenance?
- Full HD signal, and accessibility of channels like other broadcasters?
- Ability to view channels online?
- Ability to access public access programs through Video-On-Demand?
- Ability to send full HD quality programming to DCTV online?
- More public access channels to show more content?
What else is included in your vision for DCTV in the near future?
Attendees wishing to address the meeting will be asked to sign-in when arriving, and will then be able to speak for up to three (3) minutes during the meeting.
Please notify Anna at DCTV (202) 526-7007x110 if you plan to testify. For further questions contact Brandon, bfelton (at) dctvonline.tv
HEARING 1:
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Hattie Holmes Senior Wellness Center
324 Kennedy Street, NW
Washington, DC 20011
6:00pm to 8:00pm |
HEARING 2:
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
McKinley Technology High School
151 T Street, NE
Amphitheatre, Room 150
Washington, DC 20002
6:00pm to 8:00pm |
As a part of the required cable television franchise renewal process with RCN, the Office of Cable Television (OCT) will be conducting various interviews and public input forum meetings to determine the current and future cable-related and communications needs for public, educational, and governmental (PEG) access operations in the Distrcit. The information obtained from the interviews will be extremely important in helping shape the future of DCTV and to ensuring that the organzation obtain the necessary tools and boosts in capacity to remain a vibrant community network.
PLEASE COMMIT TO SUPPORTING US ON ONE OF THE DAYS:
CLICK HERE
Your oral testimony will greatly impact our ability to increase our capacity to serve our community and thrive in the next coming years.
Show your support!
On Saturday, August 21st, the Youth Training Institute at DCTV held it’s 6th Annual Youth Video
Festival and Awards Showcase at the Historical Society of Washington.
 
The crowd was entertained by DC’s own progressive
hip hop artist, Christylez, and received encouraging words from local musician/filmmaker, SmCity.
Dozens of family and friends of young producers came out to encourage and support the positive
creative efforts of youth in the DC community using visual media as a tool for education, advocacy,
creative expression and education.
After an afternoon of excitement,
entertainment and goodies, participants were surprised to receive awards for their accomplishments
in media.
Congratulations again to all of this year’s award recipients.
Best Non Fiction Program
“Juanice’s Story – I’m a Teen Mom”
Producer: Shea Wills
Best Fiction Program
“Unnecessary Consequences”
Producers: Kofi Roberts, Imani Crawford, Dayna Downs, Nicholas Jackson
Best Public Service Announcement
“Choose Wisely”
Producers: Kerrick Craig Harvey Newman, Jeremy Miller
Best Creative Expression
“Art & Beyond”
Producers: United Planning Organization & Operation Sankofa Youth
Best Arts & Culture Program
“Artscape”
Producer: Tree of Life Public Charter School
Best Health
“TNT Program”
Producer: Children’s National Medical Center
Best Artistic Vision
“Graffiti in DC”
Producer: Tariq Adams
Best Talk Show
“YAP TV”
Producer: Fred Kenner/ Geena Vontress
Best Youth Voice
“Reality Mentality”
Producer: Martha’s Table Teen Program
Special Recognition Awards - Member Produced Youth Programs:
“I Have Standards” produced by Maurice Moore
“Fresh TV” produced by Frank Nelson
“Dreams” produced by Elaine Alston
DCTV now has 'video on-demand' capability, allowing people with high speed Internet access to view shows that air on DCTV.
Vimeo.com is a website that will store DCTV's episodes of youth and non-profit programming. Three channels online will carry some of our featured programming that appear on our TV channels: DCTV Youth, DCTV Focus for Nonprofits, and our DCTV Flagship.
Click HERE to see DCTV Video On Demand.
FOCUS PROGRAMMING ON COMCAST 96 / RCN 11 / Verizon FiOS 28:
| Tuesdays through Thursdays |
12PM - 4PM |
| Saturdays |
7AM - 11AM |
| Sundays |
7PM - 10PM |
DCTV has partnered with the organization to produce School's Out, a show that serves as a platform to discuss and feature the best in DC's after-school and summer programs, providing best practices, tips and more. School's Out airs on Vimeo.com and Comcast 96, RCN 11 & FiOS 28.
 DCTV Focus Youth and Youth Training Institute (YTI) programming airs on Verizon FiOS 28, with various innovative programs produced for youth, by youth. Airing Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays 3PM-7PM and repeat 7PM-11PM.
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DCTV and the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics are pleased to bring you information that keeps you "in the know" this election season. Please view the videos below for important 2010 election information.
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If you are certified in Studio and still need re-certification training, please contact Fred Kenner.
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
**Now taking seats for October's Producer class**
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
Monday 9/16 7PM-9PM
or
Wednesday 9/29
7PM-9PM
Class: PRODUCER
After DCTV 101, members must take this 8 week course as a prerequisite for Field, Studio and Editing Classes.
A. Due to the increased number of programs being aired, program submissions must be submitted no later than the 1st of each month for your program to air the following month.
B. For every program submitted, producers MUST include the episode name and/or episode number on the program submission forms and encoded files.
Programs without this information will not be scheduled to air.
Example:
Series: John's Place
#12 (Episode Number)
and
"Special Guest: Jane Doe" (Episode Name)
AMENDMENTS TO THE DCTV PRODUCER'S MANUAL: OPERATING RULES AND PROCEDURES as of 5/17/10:
Amend to add this new Section:
975.10 Members that are suspended as a result of a major or serious violation forfeit all member privileges and at DCTV's discretion, shall refrain from entering the facility during the suspension period. If this type of suspension applies, members are not allowed to serve as a guest on any program produced at DCTV nor can they access any "member" only section of the web site during the suspension period.
Amend to add this to Section:
975.6 Members that are charged with a major or serious violation that threatened the safety of staff and other members will be suspended immediately and will not be allowed to return to DCTV's premises during the suspension period.
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