MIAMI VALLEY COMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL
The Miami Valley Communications Council (MVCC) is collaborating with the West Carrollton Parks and Recreation Department to bring the fun and activity of television production to its residents. In February 2022, West Carrollton residents can sign up for the new program Lights, Camera, Parks through the city’s parks department This one-day event is an exciting way for families to see (and participate) in making local television.
MVCC hopes to expand this program to other cities in 2022. For more information, contact Liberty Lord at ten.ccvm@droll.
Lights, Cameras, Parks!
Here’s your chance to see how television is made, with a behind-the-scenes tour of the Miami Valley Communications Council’s TV studio. Along the way, you can learn how to run a camera, try out a virtual set and green screen room, and see how podcasts are made. Best of all, this technology is available at no cost for anyone interested in making videos (you can find out how!) This parks program is the perfect winter project for adults and kids of all ages. Parents are asked to please remain with children for this program.
Date: Wednesday, February 23
Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm
Location: MVCC, 1195 East Alex Bell Rd, Centerville
Cost: $5 per family
History
Miami Valley Communications Council is a municipal communications and technology organization representing the eight member cities of Centerville, Germantown, Kettering, Miamisburg, Moraine, Oakwood, Springboro and West Carrollton. The council also has affiliate agreements with other Miami Valley cities. MVCC was formed in 1975 as a council of governments to monitor, regulate, and administer common cable television franchise agreements, manage the operation of the council's cable access television channels, and develop and implement intergovernmental projects designed to strengthen communications between member cities and their citizens. A policy-making body consisting of delegates representing member cities governs the council.
Funding
MVCC is funded through franchise fees paid by the cable service provider. Franchise fees are rent that the cable company pays for placing its wires over or under the public rights-of-way (streets.) MVCC uses these franchise fees to support its community access television activities, cooperative intergovernmental projects, and to explore new and changing technologies that will benefit member communities. The council, in turn, provides many services to our communities at little or no cost.