Olympia Ethnic Celebration

Elements of Photoshop Workshop

Many TCTV members attended the recent workshop on Photoshop Elements Saturday the 6th. This was one of the free monthly workshops following the monthly member mixer every first Saturday of the month. Those that attended learned how to make cool titles, doctor photographs and cut and paste a staff member's face onto the body of the executive director.


If you missed the free workshop on Adobe Photoshop Elements keep an eye on the training page of the TCTV web site. We will be offering some advanced classes in March and you may have another chance to learn this powerful and fun digital tool. Also be sure and attend the Monthly Member Mixer each month and stay for the free workshop. In February we will have a guest lecturer teaching the legal issues of videotaping in public.

New Video on TCTV.net

We have 3 new videos up on our website:

2007 Holiday Lighted Boat Parade
Olympia High School Mock DUI Crash
Two Tracks PSA

Enjoy!

FCC gives us National Franchising

On Wednesday, Dec 20th the 3 republican members of the FCC ignored the passionate pleas from the two democrats and gave the telephone companies exactly what they want. Cities across the country will have only 90 days to offer a franchise to competitors of cable. All in kind services, PEG money, INETS, channel space, and cable drops will have to come out of the 5% franchise fees at whatever the new provider wishes to charge. If a city and a new competitor cannot agree on a franchise within the 90 day period the provider may start business without a franchise.

What this means for us is significant reduction of funding and no guarantee that existing PEG channels will be carried on new cable or telephone video services. It lets new providers begin to operate a network simply by refusing to do anything for 90 days until the mandatory time table is up. Then existing cable companies will claim it is an un-level playing field until they get out of franchise obligations as well. If this happens it is the end of Public Access as we know it.

Our hope survives in reports that the FCC doesn't have the legal authority to do this. This rogue commission is out of control. We need to jump on the backs of our congressional representatives and make them overturn the FCC’s new illegal ruling.

More info at www.saveaccess.org

Good Deal on Mini-DV tapes

We received a call from a TCTV member about some cheap Mini-DV tapes. Right now as of Dec. 21st Costco is selling an 8 pack of TDK's for $22.

Yo Yo Yo and a ho ho ho!

Santa Claus is coming to town fool. Tune in to TCTV ch. 22 this Saturday, December 16th from 5pm - 7pm. Kids can call him live and tell him what they want for Christmas by dialing (360) 357-TCTV.

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