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Coming Soon! Cape Town TV

Written by Tashi from the blog Tashi's TV on 10 Jun 2008
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ctv_150At the beginning of May ICASA announced that they've awarded a broadcast license to Cape Town TV - a Cape Town community TV station.

Last year Soweto TV made history when it received the same license, which makes Cape Town the second city to get it - a trend I'm convinced will extend to other places. The idea of us having regional TV stations across the country blows my fringe back like you can't believe.

Since the news was released I've been excited about it 'cos I just know that Cape Town has a gazillion stories that can be told and so many intriguing and vibey places, events and people that don't get TV-time regularly.

To get the goss on exactly what's what with things I chatted to CTV's acting manager Karen Thorne, who's spent 15 years working towards bringing such a Cape Town station to life. Here's what I snooped out:

Filmic facts

The station's a TV service for the people by the people. CTV has a full-time staff of about 10 people who co-ordinate and manage all aspects.

Anyone can submit their footage for consideration to be broadcast. The station's going include viewer-generated content eg. cellphone footage, handheld footage etc and it's also going to work with filmmakers who want to make something more long-term and concrete.

Hott!

If a filmmaker has an idea for a show, documentary or any project they can submit the concept before making it and if the station agrees to broadcast it they'll be issued with a Conditional Broadcast Agreement.

This means that filmmakers can go off and get sponsorship for their show - based on the motivation that it'll be broadcast on the station. This solves the dilemma for new producers who need cash to create something but don't have the cash upfront.

The station's working closely with the University of Western Cape - they've got a studio set up on the campus and filmmakers can apply for assistance by way of studio-time for post-production editing etc.

All proposals submitted to the station remain copywrighted to filmmakers and can be re-broadcast anywhere once they've been on CTV - so they belong to the creators and not the station.

The station's a non-profit organisation with a finance model based on a mix of membership fees, sponsorship, advertising and donations. The reason for the mix is so that no one area of funding becomes more important than another so that the station maintains it's independence.

Universities, colleges and theatre groups in and around Cape Town will be offered opportunities of getting involved to showcase their filmic and acting stuff.

The line-up

Shows are going to be a mix of everything and anything that represents everyone who lives in Cape Town. Genres include entertainment, education and training, shows catering to community needs, documentaries, sport etc.

The station's going to have it's own News show - broadcast from a studio that's in the process of being created. It's also going to have a weekly Events round-up show featuring what's been going on in Cape Town in the past week and what's cool that's coming up.

Launch date

The station goes live on 1 August at 18h00. At the moment it's looking like  the schedule will run from 18h00 to 22h30 daily. This will later be extended to 16h30 to 22h30. Times to be confirmed closer to the launch.

Tuning in

Capetonians who can pick up the Tygerberg receiver can access the channel by tuning into Channel 38 UHF. To find out whether you can receive the signal, check out this map (areas in blue can receive CTV).

Auditions

Continuity presenters will also be part of the stations regular line-up and the search is on. To find out how to apply to audition visit TVSA's Casting Calls.

For more info, here's a link to the station's website: CapeTownTV.



8 Comments

zolx
10 Jun 2008 02:08

Wow...exciting stuff. This is one of the reasons i wanna live in the Mother City *weeps*

tha - bang
10 Jun 2008 02:27

hope its not as bad as soweto tv and its well funded and well managed

Shadow
10 Jun 2008 04:56

Yipee...this is great news for us Capetonians. Hope it'll not be a bore.

tizoz
10 Jun 2008 05:17

community tv sattions are generally not run properly in this country... have you ever tried to locate a signal on UHF channel, it's a nightmare but I guess with no money that's the best they can do.

Good luck same sentiments as Th - bang... hope it's beta than Soweto TV. At some stage they need to broadcast sound as well I am tired of talking heads with no audio!

carino
17 Feb 2011 13:30

hehehehe... I actually find myself enjoying some local documentaries that play on Cape Town TV these days... like...  they document real people man, with real talent, real passion and just lacking resources and connections - People who make a real difference in the community.... 

They should now just stop putting so much Al Jazeera and just focus on looking for more local stories. Cape Town people are very interesting. .

realist
17 Feb 2011 13:50

As long as it is not going to be the same as Soweto tv. Come weekend I want to start drinking beer as early as 9am because once the commander in chief is on that channel, lord behold I want to smash that tv to pieces because I can’t stand the drivel that is aired on that channel.

Green.arrow
17 Feb 2011 13:56

Is it on dstv for us non capetowners? I love documentries and the way u describe it (carino) i think id like it.

lol..shem realist...lol. i empathise. And im certain i have made my brothers feel like that 9with my reality shows) more often than they did me with the Cricket le F1.

pele
17 Feb 2011 14:06

tjo i hope you wont be watching Helen Zille and Mzoli every second ke....


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