Users

In Denver, after continued review of the development spec for the theme recommendation engine, we have some concerns about the amount of meta data to collect from producers. More specifically, we are trying to find the balance in the amount and meta data fields to request and/or require. The stations that have provided feedback have similar concerns.

Deproduction, Denver Open Media, Civic Pixel, Free Speech TV, and the Alliance for Community Media are seeking partners to apply for Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP) funding to extend/expand the Open Media Project, a program initially funded by the Knight Foundation and currently in beta test phase.

An important part of expanding use and adoption of the Open Media Project tools is getting reliable, useful evaluation of the work. For the past several months, we've been a bit overwhelmed and surprised by the diversity of requests for evaluation and documentation for groups with intentions to use the Open Media Project tools in environments we had not anticipated.

As we near the completion of year-1 of the Open Media Project, I thought it might be useful to provide a brief history so-far. Part of my agreement in winning the Knight News Challenge grant that made the Open Media Project possible was to post frequent updates to the PBS Idealab Blog. Looking back, those entries provide a good timeline of year-1, and a look forward at year 2.

You can see all 10 entries at http://www.pbs.org/idealab/tony_shawcross_1/

We are looking to do 24/7 live streaming of one of our cable channels. I'm looking to have the stream hosted by a 3rd party. Anyone have any recommendations for the host?

Original URL: http://civicrm.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=1

April User Meetup - San Francisco
April 29 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
This is a great opportunity to meet other CiviCRM users as well as members of the core team, share best practices, ask your tough questions and help chart the future of the project.
Location: San Francisco, CA
This is a free event.

One of the things we've been looking at out here in Portland is effective crewing management and tracking through the Open Media Project. At PCM we follow a policy of "if you don't use it you loose it" where producers need to keep active (at least once a year) in order to keep their certifications up-to-date. We also follow a policy of needing to work on productions before you can start your own.

I've posted the audio and slides from the September 23, 2008 conference call for anyone who wasn't able to participate.

In just over a month, the 6 organizations who will participate in the first round of the Open Media Beta process will be selected, cooperating with Denver Open Media to implement and develop the set of Drupal Modules that will help automate workflows, engage users in more control of the station, increase your online presence, and take the next step in cooperating as a true network of locally-focused, user-driven community media centers.

National and Regional Sites
ACM National
Vermont Access Network
PEGMedia.org
ACM Northeast Region

Local Station Sites
Community Television Network - Portland, ME
Community Media Center of Marin County, CA
Portland Community Media Center - Portland, OR
Community Media Access Partnership - Gilroy, CA
Amherst Community Television - Amherst, MA
UMass Union Video Center (UVC-TV) - Amherst, MA
Brookline Access Television - Brookline, MA
Community Television of Knoxville - Knoxville, TN