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Submit a tape for cablecast on channel 28
Berkeley Community Media currently has two channels, B-TV channel
28 and C-TV channel 33. Any Berkeley resident may submit a tape
to be played on our stations. Berkeley residents may also sponsor
tapes produced by people outside of Berkeley.
Steps for airing your tape:
- Bring your VHS, SVHS, Mini DV, DVCAM tape or DVD to BCM during
office hours.
- Make sure you have a completed cablecast
request form.
- We will need a copy of proof of residence (Driver's license,
utility bill, etc.)
Cablecast
guidelines
Legal considerations:
- If you did not produce the tape yourself make sure you have the
rights or permission of the videomaker. You are legally responsible
for any rights infringement
and the content of the tape.
Adult programs:
- If your program is of adult nature, please make sure to indicate
that on the form and to affix or draw a big red dot on your tape
label. It will be scheduled at or after 10 pm. We can NOT show tapes
with any commercial content or obscenity as defined by the law.
Scheduling of your Cablecast:
Your Program will be scheduled at least 2 weeks in advance on first
come first serve basis
according to availability of slots and the length of the program.
When ever possible each 1/2 or
one-hour program will air 3 times within one week. Programs of longer
length might be
scheduled only twice. However, only one replay is guaranteed. If
you have specific scheduling
needs (the show is tied to a special event or date), please contact
the programming director 3
weeks in advance. Your scheduled program will be listed in the Berkeley
Voice, TV Guide
Channel 11 and our website (www.betv.org)! Publicize your air dates!
Make a flyer, post it at
community centers, have it announced in a newsletter, call all your
friends!
Tape Guidelines:
- We accept tapes or dvds for cablecast with one program per tape.
· When you record / dub your on-air tape, lay down 60 sec.
of colorbars and black or slate and
start your program (in-point) at 60 seconds exactly from beginning
of tape. You must lay
down at least 1 minute (60 seconds) of black at the end of your
program.
· You can record your audio in Normal or HiFi.
Cablecast Request Forms:
- Please fill out a cablecast request form completely and drop it
off at BCM with your correctly
labeled tape at least 2-3 weeks before you wish to air your program.
Exceptions only possible for
very time sensitive / emergency cablecast by arrangement with the
programming director.
Labeling Your Tape & Tape Cover: (label both the spine and the
front)
1. In-Point how many seconds exactly from the very beginning of
your tape does your program
start.
2. Show length/ Total Running Time, (TRT) the length of your program
from the very first
second that should show on-air to exactly the last second to be
showed.
3. Title of Series & Episode #(if Series) in bold black marker,
or your tape might be misfiled and
lost.
4 . Title of the Individual Show, Your Name, and Phone Number.
5. If your audio is recorded HiFi alert us by using a bright yellow
highlighter over the word HiFi,
if not properly marked your program will air without sound!
6 . If adult programming, affix or draw big red dot to both spine
label and tape cover!
Program Information:
- Each program produced at BCM is entitled to two cablecasts in
the year it is produced. Other
programs are entitled to one cablecast in the year they are submitted.
- BCM may pre-empt any program scheduled to be cablecast on B-TV
to permit the
presentation of timely or special programs. We will attempt to notify
the producer/provider of
a pre-empted program in advance.
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