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MIT Cable Television: Campus Broadcast Services

 

Overview

MIT Cable Television provides cable television and video broadcast services to the MIT Community, including:

  • Community events
  • Class lectures
  • Help sessions
  • Seminars
  • Project reports
  • Films
  • Satellite broadcasts and videoconferencing

A wide variety of live and pre-recorded programming is carried on MIT Cable Television. Class lectures, help sessions, seminars, and special events are some of the programs that are regularly scheduled on MIT channels. Programs can be seen in many lecture halls, lounges, offices, dormitory common areas, and all residence hall rooms.

MIT Channels
MIT Cable Television operates six local access channels. Educational and community programming is shown on channels 8, 9, 10,11 and 12.

 

Scheduling Programs

 

To schedule a program, please send the following information to MIT Cable Television:

  • Date of broadcast
  • Time of broadcast
  • Source of program (live, recording, satellite)
  • Designated viewing locations (if required)
  • Special instructions

Services

  • Live cable broadcast of campus events.
    We can deliver a video broadcast of your live event to everywhere on campus that cable is available. This is useful for providing overflow viewing for oversubscribed events or reaching viewers in dormitories.
  • Live transport of studio quality video for outside broadcast.
    Our state of the art facility can deliver "network studio quality" video broadcasts to local television stations, major networks, satellite and international channels. We can presently provide studio quality video from the broadcast studio or Triad facility in Building 9, Kresge Auditorium or Room 10-250.
  • Campus video transport for videoconferencing or webcasts.
    MIT Cable hooks up to the groups providing webcasts and videoconferences, and extends their range to the entire campus.
  • Playback of recordings.
    We can schedule and show your recordings on one of our channels.
  • Off-air recordings.
    We can record programming for "fair use" applications. Recordings are available on DVD.

Resources For Event Planners

MIT Cable Television

Events can be originated from most campus locations that have cable. If you have doubts about a particular location, please call our office at x3-7431 or send email to mitcable@mit.edu. MIT Audio Visual Services maintains a web page, Classrooms equipped with presentation systems, that gives detailed information about specific rooms.

Randy Winchester
randy@mit.edu

Jon Ward
jward@mit.edu

mitcable@mit.edu
Tel: 617.253.7431
Fax: 617.253.8000
MIT Cable Television

Audio Visual Services

MIT Audio Visual provides location sound system support and audio production for your event as well as television sets and video projectors. Also see: An Email Order Form for Audio Visual Services.

avorders@mit.edu
Tel: 617.253.2808
Fax: 617.253.5945
Audio Visual Services

Viewing rooms can be reserved through the MIT Schedules Office, 617.253.4788.

Rooms in the Stratton Student Center, Kresge Auditorium and Tang Center are reserved through the Campus Activities Complex Office, 617.253.3913.