UCTV - University of California Television

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA TELEVISION
PRODUCTION RESOURCES AND PLANNING GUIDE

This guide is designed for UC faculty, staff, and others interested in learning more about how to take advantage of outreach and communication opportunities offered by the University of California Television network, UCTV. It contains general information about the channel's operations and availability on DBS, Cable, and the Internet. It also explains the many ways in which a UC campus, department, research unit, center or institute can contribute programming to UCTV.

The following sections can be viewed online, or you can download the entire file in PDF format.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

What is UCTV?
     Background
     Mission & Goals

Who Watches UCTV?
     Distribution on DBS and Cable
     Viewership Profile

Programming, including:
     Program Types:
     Captures
     Performances
     Studio Productions
     Documentaries
     Magazine

Costs and Funding, including:
     How Much Will it Cost?
     Funding & Partnership Opportunities
          Federal Funding
          State Funding
          UCTV Production Fund (apply online)
          Private Foundations
          Community Partnerships
          Funding Opportunities Email

Production Guidelines, including:
     General Guidelines and Requirements
          (crew, time, titles)
     Preparing a Lecturer/Presenter
          (content, attire, technical considerations)
     Pre-production
     Production, including:
          Camera Set-up, Shots
          Audience Q & A
          Cutaways
          Audio
          Lighting/House Lights/Lectures with Projection
          Before Recording Begins
          Notes

UCTV Contact Information

UCTV Program Profiles, including:
     Documentary
     Studio Production/Interview
     Capture with Power Point/Slides
     Capture -- Auditorium Lecture
     Performance
     Magazine Segment or Program


UCTV Edit Stylebook, including:
     Time
     Lectures/Panels, including:
          Titles
          Lower Third IDs
          Inserting Graphics
          How to Handle Q&A
          Ending the Program
     Studio Shoots
     Location Multi-Camera Shoots
     Documentaries

Forms (in PDF format), including:
     Standard Release Form
     UCTV Program Submission Form
     UCTV Program Edit/Submission Form

UCTV Program Submission Form (Online)

UCTV Field Report (Word Doc)

Upload Content Via FTP
You must first obtain a username and password in order to upload content via FTP. To do so, please contact:

Mike Weber
mweber@ucsd.edu
(858) 534-1809

Click here to launch the FTP site.

Production Guidelines

UCTV Program Profiles

UCTV Edit Stylebook

Submission & Release Forms

UCTV Field Report

Upload Content via FTP

Contact Information

UCTV Research Outreach