[Peace-discuss] Fwd: UPTV selected for Open Media Project

[Jan & Durl Kruse]

This may be of interest to many of you, especially if you are  
interested in media reform and access at the local level.  Now is a  
great time to support our local PEG station and to get involved.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Gorman Kate" <kagorman at city.urbana.il.us>
> Date: November 20, 2008 3:06:50 PM CST
> Subject: UPTV selected for Open Media Project
>
>
> UPTV Members-
>
> Great news!  UPTV has been selected to participate in the Open  
> Media Project.  The project will mean greater accessibility to UPTV  
> services online including, applying for membership, video on demand  
> of all the archived programs, equipment reservation, and community  
> forums for discussion.  This is an exciting time to be a member at  
> UPTV!
>
> We'll be starting the process in January 2009, and we'll be keeping  
> you posted on our progress.
>
> If you have any questions, stop by our office (Monday-Friday 8 to  
> 5, Saturday 10 to 5, and Sunday 12 to 4) or give us a call at  
> 217-384-2452.
>
>
> -UPTV Staff
>
>
>
>
>
> PRESS RELEASE
>
> November 19, 2008
>
> Denver Open Media has selected six development partners to  
> participate in the Open Media
> Project. "The partners will play an integral part in the successful  
> deployment of the Open
> Media System. Selecting these six locations is a major milestone in  
> the formation of a
> nation-wide user-driven network of public access television  
> stations and community
> technology centers. We are all thrilled to have such an amazing  
> group of
> stations dedicated to the success of the Open Media Project," said  
> Tony Shawcross,
> Executive Director of Denver Open Media.
>
> Beginning January 2009, Access Humboldt, Amherst Community  
> Television, Boston
> Neighborhood Network, Channel Austin, Portland Community Media and  
> Urbana Public
> Television will receive consulting and training services for the  
> implementation of the Open
> Media System. In addition to receiving implementation services,  
> these initial sites will be
> directly involved in the ongoing development of the tool set.
>
> The Open Media Project is aimed helping public access television  
> stations and community
> technology centers better cooperate as a nation-wide user-driven  
> network. The Open Media
> System will enable public access television stations and community  
> technology centers to
> use a suite of tools enable the transfer of video between their web  
> site and TV station. At
> the core of the project is the creation and implementation of open- 
> source tools developed
> by Denver Open Media and others aimed at expanding and streamlining  
> the role of the
> community in the workload of a public access station or community  
> technology
> center. Together, public access television and community technology  
> centers can engage
> communities in new media platforms.
>
> In May 2008, Denver Open Media was awarded a $380,000 Knight News  
> Challenge grant to
> fund the Open Media Project. Since that time, Denver Open Media has  
> worked on the
> development of the Open Media Project tool set. Throughout 2009,  
> Denver Open Media will
> continue development and integration of the tools as they are  
> implemented in various
> environments. Denver Open Media will continue working with other  
> development efforts to
> have a complete install profile ready for widespread use by the end  
> of 2009.
>
> For more information on Denver Open Media: http://denveropenmedia.org
> For more information on the Open Media Project: http:// 
> groups.drupal.org/open-mediaproject
> For more information on the Knight News Challenge: http:// 
> www.newschallenge.org
>
>
>
>
> If you have received this email in error, please send a message to  
> UPTV at city.urbana.il.us to be removed from the list.
>

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