roundtable: Re: Request for Proposals for...

roundtable: Re: Request for Proposals for...

Re: Request for Proposals for...

Bob Devine (bdevine@college.antioch.edu)
Fri, 13 Jan 1995 17:09:11 -0500 (EST) 

Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 17:09:11 -0500 (EST)
From: Bob Devine <bdevine@college.antioch.edu>
Subject: Re: Request for Proposals for...
To: roundtable@cni.org
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Sounds to me like you want to reproduce the same commodity distribution 
system that currently exists -- programs with exchange value rather than 
interaction around messages.  But I have a more pressing question:  If 
everyone is speaking, who is listening?

                                            Bob Devine
                                            <bdevine@college.antioch.edu>


On Fri, 13 Jan 1995, Jennifer Warren wrote:
> 
> Here in Seattle, most people have never HEARD of Deep Dish TV.  If it 
> ain't in the TV Guide, it doesn't exist as far as the public is 
> concerned.  So lets get real.  We know what we are talking about here.  
> We're talking about taking PBS and trashing all or part of the current 
> programming lineup in favor of the work of individual artists.  Artists 
> that have proven themselves and their work at a small, local level and 
> have earned the ratings to show that there is an audience out there that 
> wants to see their work.  Frankly, I think this is a good idea.  It would 
> make public television truly public, and provide every citizen with the 
> opportunity to produce a program which could compete for ratings in the 
> local, state and national markets. 
> 
> A channel like this would be a remarkable achievement...providing free 
> training and education in media technologies to anyone who wanted it, 
> and a real chance for employment if their show becomes nationally 
> sindicated...since they could always take their programs to commercial 
> TV at some point, where they would be paid for their efforts.  I'm very 
> excited by this concept.  I think it's brilliant.  Pity that with the 
> republicans currently in office, the odds of getting such a program 
> approved are slim and none...from what I've seen they equate education 
> with needless government expence.
> 
> 
> VM Productions  
> ------Where Magic Happens                          tjwarren@netcom.com
> 
> 
> On Thu, 12 Jan 1995 JOINNOVAC@aol.com wrote:
> > 
> > Regarding Jeff Briggs' suggestion that there be a national public 
> > access TV channel or channels which deliver the cream of access 
> > programming from around the country ---
> > 
> > There is such a show that does just that, called Deep Dish TV, out 
> > of New York.  They collect programming, package it into a series, 
> > and redistribute it to public access systems or anyone else who 
> > wants to view and/or tape the satellite feed.
> > 
> > Deep Dish was much stronger a few years ago, but I have not heard 
> > much from them lately -- I think (and hope) that they are still 
> > active.
> > 
> > Tim Watson
> > New Orleans Video Access Center
> > JOIN NOVAC@aol.com

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