roundtable: Alliance Video Competition

roundtable: Alliance Video Competition

Alliance Video Competition

AllianceCM@aol.com
Thu, 30 Mar 1995 10:45:11 -0500 

Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 10:45:11 -0500
From: AllianceCM@aol.com
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To: roundtable@cni.org, media-forum@actwin.com, telecomreg@relay.doit.wisc.edu
Subject: Alliance Video Competition


FOR IMMEDIATE  RELEASE 		
March 29, 1995
Contact:  Randy VanDalsen 	(916) 441-6277

LOCAL CABLE PROGRAMMING REMAINS STRONG WITH
OVER 1,700 ENTRIES IN 1995 HOMETOWN VIDEO FESTIVAL

Local cable producers throughout the United States and Canada 
submitted a total of 1,751 entries in the Alliance for Community 
Media's 1995 Hometown Video Festival. Entries came from 392 
cities in 38 states and four Canadian provinces. This high number 
of entries from North American communities once again confirms 
a very broad interest in the production of video programs  by 
community groups and individuals, educators, government agencies, 
and cable companies for presentation on local cable channels.

The Hometown Video Festival, now in its 18th year, is the oldest 
and largest video competition that honors the work of local cable 
producers.  The Festival includes 36 categories, including four 
"Overall Excellence" categories that honor outstanding public, 
educational, and government access facilities and local origination 
centers of cable systems.

"This response is particularly significant this year when public, 
educational, and government (PEG) access is struggling for its 
very existence in the halls of Congress," noted Alliance Executive 
Director Barry Forbes. "I wish that every Member of Congress would 
watch a few of these entries, especially those in the educational, 
municipal, religious, senior citizen, and youth categories. Then they 
would have no hesitation in supporting PEG access!"

Hometown is unique because the works of media professionals are 
generally judged separately from those produced by non-professionals.  
In addition, the videotapes entered are judged on how  well  they address  
community  concerns,  in addition  to technical  quality and execution. 
The entries are judged in a two-step process that involves 32 access 
facilities and cable companies from the United States and Canada as 
preliminary judging sites.  Each site  selects  four  finalists  from  their
 
assigned  categories  that  are  forwarded  to the final judging location. 
Final judging for the 1995 Hometown Video Festival will take place in 
Sacramento, California from May 19 - 21, hosted by Access Sacramento.

Hometown winners will be announced and awards presented on July 6, 
1995, in Boston, Massachusetts at an Awards Ceremony to be held in 
historic Faneuil Hall during the International Conference and Trade Show 
of the Alliance for Community Media. Cable World is a sustaining sponsor 
of the 1995 Hometown Video Festival.

The Alliance for Community Media is a national, non-profit membership 
organization committed to ensuring everyone's access to electronic media.  
The Alliance accomplishes this by disseminating public information, 
advancing a positive legislative and regulatory environment, building 
coalitions, and supporting local organizing.  Founded in 1976, the Alliance 
represents the interests of over 950 public, educational and governmental 
access organizations and local origination cable services throughout the
country.  The Alliance also represents the interests of local religious, 
community, charitable and other organizations throughout the country 
who utilize PEG access channels and facilities to speak to their 
memberships and their larger communities.
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For further information, contact:

Randy VanDalsen
Hometown Video Festival
3001 "J" Street, Suite 201
Sacramento, CA  95816
(916) 441-6277

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