Sunday, May 2, 2010

STATEN ISLAND COMMUNITY TV

Public Access Channels provide local programming created the wide variety of individuals, groups and organizations within a community. They are noncommercial and the producer has full editorial control. Public Access channel's equipment and facilities are available for use on a first-come, first-served basis and the Cable operator may not exert any editorial control except over unproteced speech (e.g., obsenity, slander).

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Staten Isalnd Community Television (SICTV) was founded in 1983 as a result of a franchise agreement between the city of New York and Staten Island Cable (now Time Warner Cable). Permanently opened in 1988, SICTV is organized as a not-for-profit corporation under IRS Code 501C3 and currently has a sixteen member board of directors appointed by the Borough President of Staten Island.

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Sictv is funded through an agreement with Time Warner Cable. Funding is acquired via a quarterly payment on a per-scriber basis.

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SICTV is organized to provide public access service to the residents of the franchise area (Staten Island) on a Non-Discriminatory, first-come, first-served basis. .

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SICTV operates on Time Warner Cable's Channels 34,35, 56 and 57. The facility includes 2 Studios 5 editing suites and a portable camera division. Click here for directions>>


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SICTV provides comprehensive television production training for eligible community members. Eligible members are defined as Staten Island Residents or individuals affiliated with Staten Island based Not-For-Profit Organizations. Volunteers, who assume all responsibility for materials submitted for cablecast, produce programming from start to finish. Access to channel space is on a First-Come,First-Served Basis. Equipment and channel useage is free of charge to eligible community members. SICTV also offers a FREE Electronic Videogram Messaging Service For Community Use.