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Home My WebLink AboutMN-CABLE-2011-02-09Cable Access Oversight Committee minutes Feb. 9, 2011 (as approved Mar. 9, 2011) The Cable Access Oversight Committee (AOC) met at 4:55 pm on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, in the PEGASYS studio, 612 W. Green St., Ithaca, NY. Present: AOC members Wayles Browne, Wies van Leuken, chair Rich DePaolo; studio manager Lauren Stefanelli. 0) Notes by W. Browne as AOC secretary. 1) Rich DePaolo called the meeting to order. 2) The minutes of the Jan. 12, 2011 meeting were approved with some revisions. 3) Public comment: None. 4) Review of funding proposals from educational institutions. Studio Manager Stefanelli has written to schools, but no proposals received yet. She asked for submissions by March 31, and will forward these to AOC members before the April meeting. Members feel from now on the deadline should be earlier: the beginning of January. 5) Member Reports. a. Quarterly Franchise Fee Report from City of Ithaca, Town of Ithaca, Village of Cayuga Heights. W. van Leuken met with Steve Thayer, City comptroller. He will try to give us the franchise fee worksheets that are provided by TWC each time TWC pays the fees to the city. She has also asked Cayuga Heights for these. R. DePaolo will ask the Town for these worksheets, and for franchise fee figures for the last two quarters of 2010. b. Internet Access Quotes. DePaolo will ask the Town's attorney for an opinion on which budget item internet access could be considered to fall under, or ask the New York State's Public Service Commission contact, Ms. Carol McTague. c. Use of staff time for Production and Transmission Services. AOC has decided to seek an interpretation of New York State Code section §895.4(7) regarding transmission vs. production services. DePaolo will follow up. d. Other Reports. Re broadcasting programs from schools, DePaolo has contacted LACS, which promises some programming by March, and also Boynton: a response from teacher Fe Nunn, but no promise of programming. 6) Access Studio Manager L. Stefanelli's report: presented in writing (attached). 7) Old Business. Meeting to discuss Ithaca College's use of public access channel: DePaolo e- mailed Carol Jennings of Ithaca College TV, who will try to come to AOC's Mar. 9 meeting. 2 8) New business. DePaolo will e -mail S. Myrick to see if he or another Council member would be able to attend AOC meetings regularly. 9) Next meeting: Wednesday, Mar. 9, 2011, 4:30. Place: PEGASYS studio. 10) Meeting adjourned 6:08. Contact information for AOC members: Svante Myrick, Common Council liaison <smyrick @cityofithaca.org> Wayles Browne, secretary <ewb2(&cornell.edu> Rich DePaolo, chair <rd @richdepaolo.com> Wies van Leuken, vice chair <pmv4@cornell.edu> Michael Brutvan <noidea @lightlink.com >, <mbrutvan @mac.com> Web site for the PEGASYS studio, with program schedules: http: / /www.pejzasysaccess.org/ studio location: 612 West Green Street, Ithaca, New York mailing address: 519 West State Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 phone (607) 272 -7272 fax (607) 277 -5404 PEGASYS staff. studio manager Lauren Stefanelli lauren.stefanelli(ktwcable.com To: AOC January 2011 Access Studio Coordinator Report - Producer Appreciation The 2011 PEGASYS Awards is underway. We have 26 programs competing in 8 categories. The judges have completed their viewing and our awards ceremony will be held on Friday, February 25, with refreshments starting at 7pm. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. The Awards will be presented live on channel 13 starting at 8pm. - PR We provided a PSA and talk show for Light in Winter, and they thanked us by acknowledging us as program sponsors. - Institutional Access LACS received parts of the old City Hall equipment package for their new auditorium. The new auditorium looks beautiful, and has a custom control room area built in. They have already received and installed the old cameras, some monitors and a video switcher. Last month we added the old Inscriber computer from the City package, a digital to analog converter and have turned up some used color monitors. ICSD has just relinquished the camera controller to LACS because they could install it without extra cost and because they have more use for changing shots. IC ran NASA programming during intercession instead of just a rooftop camera. - Building Repair and Maintenance Report An X10 camcorder was returned with a broken shotgun mic. The repair staff in Syracuse just notified me that they fixed it and will be sending it back shortly. - Capital We have continued to install equipment received under the 2010 budget. The new audio board was installed in January. It has received many compliments. A letter was sent to educational access institutions inviting them to request funding for access programming projects for the 2012 budget. [copy attached] - Reports Attached are 2010 PEGASYS Reports. Programming — As you can see, the installation of the NEXUS system at the end of 2005 enabled a big jump in rerun programming due to the greater ease of programming mpgs compared to loading and reloading media. Hours of first -run programming has been pretty stable, but reruns have increased every year, and are now running 60% higher than in 2005. This is something the AOC has requested. Equipment Usage — We introduced in mid -year a second studio, our "mini - studio" and two HD memory card camcorders; they had low usage last year but I hope will increase this year. The reduction of on -site editing in favor of usage of the laptop computer and people editing on their home computers is a continuing trend. User Fees 2010 — As you can see in the attached report, we have collected just under $400 in user fees for 2010 and used just over $1200 to pay a temp to cover staff vacation. The carried -over fund has been exhausted and without additional revenue, there won't be sufficient funding to cover staff vacation this year. Equipment Fee collections: Tom Doheny has reported back on Jan. 25 in an email to Rich DePaolo: "As you know I have been working with our accounting department on the reconciliation of the Equipment and Facilities fund and I expect it will be completed soon." Report Date: February 2011 Remaining Fund from User Fees in December 2009: $827.60 User Fees Collected l st half 2010: + $200.00 User Fee Total June 2010: $1,027.60 2010 Spending for Substitute Staff [6/28 -7/2] $403.20 2010 Account Balance 7/5/10: $624.40 User Fees Collected 2"d half 2010: + $190.00 2010 Account Balance for 2010: $814.40 2010 Spending for Substitute Staff [8/23 -9/3] - $806.40 Remaining Fund User Fees January 2011: $8.00 February 6, 2011 Dear Educational and Governmental Institution Representative, PEGASYS, the Public, Educational and Governmental Access Television System of Time Warner Cable, invites you consider using the educational access TV channel, channel 16, and the government access 0 channel 15, for programming representing your institution. To assist you in this endeavor, we are able to offer technical assistance and equipment funding. For more information about this opportunity, please contact me at any of the contacts listed below. Technical assistance is available at any time. Equipment funding is available according to a purchasing schedule. Applications for monies to be spent in 2012 are being accepted through April 2011. Cordially, Lauren Stefanelli PEGASYS Coordinator Mail: 519 W. State St. Ithaca, NY 14850 Email: lauren.stefanelliktwcable.com Telephone: 607 - 272 -7272 607 - 272 -7875 x.48784 Studio location: 612 W. Green St. Ithaca, NY Time Warner Cable Syracuse Div.2/9/2011 8:22 PM, Page 1 Equipment Usage By Group and Type 1/1/2010 to 1/1/2011 Number of Uses Hours of Use Dollar Value Editing Linear Edit 1 SVHS /Hi8, Cuts -only, Linear Editor Premiere Edit 1 Adobe Premiere Non - linear Editor Premiere Edit 2 Adobe Premiere Non - linear Editor Premiere Edit 3 Adobe Premiere CS3 Editor Laptop Group Totals Editing Port Cam Camcorder DVCam Sony DSR250 DVCam Camcorder Camcorder HF300 Canon VIXIA HFM300 Camcorder X10 Sony DSR PDX10 Mini DVCam Camcorder Group Totals Port Cam Studio Studio 1 3- camera studio, 15x34' Studio 2 Ministudio Group Totals Studio Time Warner Cable Syracuse Div. 2/9/2011 8:24 PM, Page 1 Equipment Usage By Group and Type 1/1/2009 to 1/1/2010 17 68.00 $3,400.00 73 201.50 $10,075.00 67 164.50 $8,225.00 73 6,967.00 $14,504.15 230 7,401.00 $36,204.15 12 834.00 $5,212.50 25 2,561.50 $0.00 285 24,450.00 $71,230.44 322 27,845.50 $76,442.94 292 583.00 $64,130.00 37 80.50 $8,855.00 329 663.50 $72,985.00 Number of Uses Hours of Use Dollar Value Editing 166.00 Linear Edit 2 SVHS /Hi8, Cuts -only, Linear Editor Premiere Edit 1 Adobe Premiere Non - linear Editor Premiere Edit 2 Adobe Premiere Non - linear Editor Premiere Edit 3 Adobe Premiere CS3 Editor Laptop Group Totals Editing Port Cam 239 Camcorder DVCam Sony DSR250 DVCam Camcorder Camcorder X10 Sony DSR PDX10 Mini DVCam Camcorder Group Totals Port Cam Studio 21,848.50 55 166.00 $8,300.00 81 188.50 $9,425.00 69 153.50 $7,675.00 34 3,850.50 8,022.92 239 4,358.50 $33,422.92 18 1,516.00 $9,475.00 258 21,848.50 $63,655.89 276 23,364.50 $73,130.89 k, Studio 1 3- camera studio, 15x34' 292 595.00 $65,450.00 Group Totals Studio 292 595.00 $65,450.00 Time Warner Cable Syracuse Div. 2/912011 8:10 PM, Page 1 Channel 13 2010 Programming Analysis For Schedule Dates: 1/1/2010 to 1/1/2011 Number of Different Hours Played Number of Plays Programs Played All Programming First Run 624.13 742 742 Repeat 3313.43 4238 937 Total First Run and Repeat 3937.57 4980 963 By Origin Other Local First Run 11.48 11 11 Repeat 75.13 77 15 Total First Run and Repeat 86.62 88 15 PEGASYS First Run 501.05 635 635 Repeat 3022.02 3877 794 Total First Run and Repeat 3523.07 4512 811 Satellite First Run 26.00 4 4 Total First Run and Repeat 26.00 4 4 Syndicated First Run 85.60 92 92 Repeat 216.28 284 128 Total First Run and Repeat 301.88 376 133 Time Warner Cable Syracuse Div. 2/912011 8:13 PM, Page 1 Channel 13 2009 Programming Analysis For Schedule Dates: 1/1/2009 to 1/1/2010 Number of Different Hours Played Number of Plays Programs Played All Programming First Run 674.60 830 830 Repeat 3161.60 4083 981 Total First Run and Repeat 3836.20 4913 1030 By Origin Other Local First Run 10.92 13 13 Repeat 36.28 50 15 Total First Run and Repeat 47.20 63 16 PEGASYS First Run 524.83 672 672 Repeat 2799.95 3607 782 Total First Run and Repeat 3324.78 4279 827 Satellite First Run 19.50 3 3 Repeat 6.50 1 1 Total First Run and Repeat 26.00 4 3 Syndicated First Run 119.35 142 142 Repeat 318.87 425 183 Total First Run and Repeat 438.22 567 184 Time Warner Cable Syracuse Div. 2/9/2011 8:17 PM, Page 1 Channel 13 2008 Programming Analysis For Schedule Dates: 1/1/2008 to 1/1/2009 Number of Different Hours Played Number of Plays Programs Played All Programming First Run 637.70 824 824 Repeat 2929.53 4112 993 Total First Run and Repeat 3567.23 4936 1014 6 By Origin Unknown 2006 Programming Analysis First Run 5.17 3 3 Repeat 20.32 20 3 Total First Run and Repeat 25.48 23 4 Other Local Number of Plays Programs Played All Programming First Run 1.40 4 4 Repeat 24.27 52 12 Total First Run and Repeat 25.67 56 12 PEGASYS 4831 1147 By Origin First Run 467.45 626 626 Repeat 2531.20 3543 755 Total First Run and Repeat 2998.65 4169 769 Satellite 16 3 Total First Run and Repeat First Run 26.00 4 4 Total First Run and Repeat 26.00 4 4 Syndicated 9 9 Repeat First Run 137.68 187 187 Repeat 353.75 497 223 Total First Run and Repeat 491.43 684 225 Time Warner Cable Syracuse Div. 2/9/2011 8:18 PM, Page 1 Channel 13 2006 Programming Analysis 2007 Programming Analysis For Schedule Dates: 1/1/2006 to 1/1/2007 For Schedule Dates: 1/1/2007 to 1/1/2008 Number of Different Hours Played Number of Plays Programs Played Number of Different Hours Played Number of Plays Programs Played All Programming 985 Repeat 2373.17 3398 First Run 654.10 894 894 Repeat 2682.72 3937 1055 Total First Run and Repeat 3336.82 4831 1147 By Origin Repeat 32.82 61 21 Unknown 81 21 First Run 3.80 5 5 Repeat 16.90 16 3 Total First Run and Repeat 20.70 21 5 Other Local First Run 5.35 9 9 Repeat 53.82 99 20 Total First Run and Repeat 59.17 108 20 PEGASYS First Run 509.43 708 708 Repeat 2286.77 3296 798 Total First Run and Repeat 2796.20 4004 877 Satellite First Run 26.00 4 4 Repeat 3.00 4 1 Total First Run and Repeat 29.00 8 5 Syndicated First Run 109.52 168 168 Repeat 322.23 522 233 Total First Run and Repeat 431.75 690 240 Time Warner Cable Syracuse Div. 2/9/2011 8:19 PM, Page 1 Channel 13 2006 Programming Analysis For Schedule Dates: 1/1/2006 to 1/1/2007 Number of Different Hours Played Number of Plays Programs Played All Programming First Run 729.28 985 985 Repeat 2373.17 3398 1111 Total First Run and Repeat 3102.45 4383 1199 By Origin Other Local First Run 11.13 20 20 Repeat 32.82 61 21 Total First Run and Repeat 43.95 81 21 7 PEGASYS All Programming 2 First Run First Run 531.65 715 715 Repeat 1943.75 2697 809 Total First Run and Repeat 2475.40 3412 885 Satellite Total First Run and Repeat 43.95 PEGASYS First Run 26.75 5 5 Repeat 1.50 2 1 Total First Run and Repeat 28.25 7 5 Syndicated Total First Run and Repeat 28.25 Syndicated First Run 159.75 245 245 Repeat 395.10 638 280 Total First Run and Repeat 554.85 883 288 Time Warner Cable Syracuse Div. 2/912011 8:19 PM, Page 1 22 Channel 13 70.07 76 22 2006 Programming Analysis For Schedule Dates: 1/1/2006 to 1/1/2007 733 733 Hours Played All Programming 2 First Run 729.28 Repeat 2373.17 Total First Run and Repeat 3102.45 By Origin 883 Other Local First Run 11.13 Repeat 32.82 Total First Run and Repeat 43.95 PEGASYS First Run 531.65 Repeat 1943.75 Total First Run and Repeat 2475.40 Satellite 1785.02 First Run 26.75 Repeat 1.50 Total First Run and Repeat 28.25 Syndicated First Run 159.75 Repeat 395.10 Total First Run and Repeat 554.85 Number of Different Number of Plays Programs Played 985 985 3398 1111 4383 1199 20 20 61 21 81 21 715 715 2697 809 3412 885 5 5 2 1 7 5 245 245 638 280 883 288 Time Warner Cable Syracuse Div. 2/9/2011 8:20 PM, Page 1 Channel 13 2005 Programming Analysis For Schedule Dates: 1/1/2005 to 111/2006 Number of Different Hours Played Number of Plays Programs Played All Programming First Run 689.85 952 952 Repeat 1785.02 2656 1003 Total First Run and Repeat 2474.87 3608 1135 By Origin Other Local First Run 19.03 21 21 Repeat 51.03 55 22 Total First Run and Repeat 70.07 76 22 PEGASYS First Run 541.77 733 733 Repeat 1416.97 2079 752 Total First Run and Repeat 1958.73 2812 872 Satellite First Run 19.50 3 3 Repeat 6.50 1 1 Total First Run and Repeat 26.00 4 3 Syndicated First Run 109.55 195 195 Repeat 310.52 521 228 Total First Run and Repeat 420.07 716 238