Brooklyn Community Access Television
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Brooklyn Community Access Television (BCAT) is a public access cable television network in Brooklyn, New York City. BCAT has four channels on the Time Warner and Cablevision cable networks, which broadcast community developed television programing. BCAT also has a Media Center that provides Brooklyn residents with a broad range of media services and support resources.
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[edit] History and overview
BCAT launched on July 1, 1991, as a 24 hour community calendar of non-commercial events and services for Brooklyn residents.[1] Programming of this nature is still allocated in the BCAT lineup on Time Warner Channel 57, and Cablevision Channel 70. By September 1993, the BCAT Playback service was premiered, allowing any Brooklyn individual, organization, institution, corporation, or entity access to channel time on the BCAT system.[1] BCAT provides playback time-slots for both weekly and monthly series and non-series programs. Shows are aired in one of two categories:
[edit] Brooklyn Free Speech TV
The Brooklyn Free Speech TV category cablecasts non-commercial, pre-packaged or live community-produced programing which airs on Time Warner Cable channels 34 and 35, and Cablevision channels 67 and 68.
[edit] Brooklyn Independent Television
The Brooklyn Independent Television category cablecasts shows produced or co-produced by BCAT on Time Warner Cable channel 56 and Cablevision channel 69.
- Brooklyn Review (Newsmagazine)
- Brooklyn Onsite (Events)
- In The Zone (Sports)
- Reporter Roundtable (Current Affairs)
- Brooklyn Elected Officials (Politics)
- Neighborhood Beat (Brooklyn Communities)
- Healthbeat Brooklyn (Health)
- Sector B: The Business of Broolyn (Small Business)
- A Date at the Library (Authors/Events)
- Caught in the Act: Art in Brooklyn (Arts)
- BK 4 Reel (Teenagers in Media)
- Making Art Work (Arts)
[edit] Center for Media Education
BCAT's Center for Media Education provides media services, educational classes and mentoring programs that enable Brooklyn residents to produce their own television programs. Upon successful completion of basic courses, students become BCAT Certified Producers and have access to equipment they've trained on to produce programs for cablecast on Brooklyn Free Speech TV
[edit] Programs
- FDTV
- The Spew
- Flex-n-Brooklyn
- Paper Tiger Television, website http://www.papertiger.org/
- Hardfire, produced by Gary Popkin, website http://www.hardfire.net/
[edit] References
- ^ a b About BCAT/Brooklyn Community Television. BRIC/Brooklyn Information & Culture. Retrieved on 2007-04-14.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official website
- About BCAT/Brooklyn Community Access Television a program of BRIC Arts | Media | Brooklyn
