Telluride TV: New Media Center & More

31 Jul Telluride TV: New Media Center & More

When she took over Telluride TV, executive director Katie Karow  was hellbent on reestablishing the public access station, the smallest in the country, as a go-to media platform in the region. Since 2012, she has made fast tracks in that general direction.

Created in 1986, the mission of Telluride TV, originally TCTV12, remains, in a nutshell, to celebrate Telluride’s culture by capturing its vitality and connecting citizens to one another through media arts education, community-based content, and access to broadcasting.

Telluride TV is a treasure trove of local history, producing 100s of hours of new programming per year: student films (and lots of educational initiatives), lectures, theatre, political debates, music, dance, drama, all the annual events of a vast array of local non-profits, including summer festivals and kids’ activities. The station is also a storehouse of past history, with more than 2,500 hours of programming in its archives, including popular music festivals and concerts, government meetings, school board meetings, superintendent updates and local flair.

Telluride TV airs Democracy Now, a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. It also runs environmental programming from the internationally renowned Bioneers conferences.

In 2011, and for the first time in the station’s history, Telluride TV began broadcasting live programming, which included government meetings, election debates and local fundraisers.

Also for the first time, the public was encouraged to create content for TTV.

And Katie just announced the launch of a new Media Center, a bigger space (thanks to the R-1 School District) to facilitate the following:

⋅ Live TV studio broadcast over the internet & channel 12
⋅ Video editing stations
⋅ Video camera & equipment checkout for members
⋅ Student news & film programs
⋅ Internships
⋅ Media arts education courses for adults
⋅ Space for organizations to live stream meetings to an unlimited viewing audience
⋅ Film makers collaborative

Funds raised through the capital campaign will be used to purchase equipment and for space renovations. To support the effort, go to TTV’s crowdsourcing campiagn here.

In addition, TTV is about to host a brand new course, “Introduction to Camera and Editing, Monday, August 5 – Wednesday, August 7, with instructor Ellie Canella and tutor Ben Knight. Learn to use a professional camera. Understand basic foundational concepts of iMovie editing software. Jump-start the creation of a film you might want to enter in the Video Awards competition.

Students who take the class can become members of Telluride TV and check out video equipment from the Wilkinson Public Library.

The cost is $150 for three nights or $250, which includes a one-year membership that allows you to check out Telluride TV’s cameras and equipment.

Call Katie 970-708-3839 to pre-register.