Public Access/ Cable Channel Productions

[Laurie, Richard]

Here in Del Mar, CA we have a public access channel. You need to go to
producers course before being able to produce a show. However once you
complete the short course you have access to the studio (pro lighting,
cameras, etc) and you can use there equipment in the field at very
reasonable rental rates. 

I would search google for public access channels in your are then
contact them to see if they have a similar set up.

There is a list of public access stations here:
http://world.std.com/~rghm/alpha.htm
You can check out our station in Del Mar to see how they operate:
http://www.delmartv.com



Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 09:49:46 -0500
Subject: [MacDV] Local Cable TV Video Quality
From: Steve Robertson <stever at mindspring.com>
Message-Id: <55A93E80-7822-11D8-BCF6-000393AE2E76 at mindspring.com>

A lot of larger cable systems operate their own "local" channel that is
not broadcast, but only exists on one of the unused cable channels. 
Anyone ever produced any DV programming for one of these stations? Is 
the quality of DV from any 3CCD camera theoretically good enough?

I've noticed that FCE provides a filter to make sure your colors are 
not over saturated for NTSC standards. Any other considerations when 
shooting to run on local cable?

Does anyone know if these local stations have a regional or national 
association that might maintain a database of the stations?

Steve R.