Titan TV

Hey all. Early in January, Rae wrote this post for the blog, but when she published it, it disappeared until a few minutes ago when I came back to write another post. So here it is, albeit a bit late.

-Michael

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1. Career Center Success!
   On January 22nd, Titan TV, in accordance with the Career Center, debuted “Crash Course Towards Your Future” a 7-and-a-half minute video in which 9 alumni offered advice for current students. To put it mildly, the Career Center liked our work and the movie was a success at the expo. We will be showing it on Titan TV soon.
2. New Schedule Every Sunday!
   Don’t forget to check the Schedule tab up on top every Sunday for a new movie schedule.
3. Channel 4
   You might have noticed that Channel 4 is only showing slides right now. That is because we expected our new programming equipment after Christmas break. On that information, we ordered all our movies in digital format. Unfortunately, the new system has not yet arrived. Thus, we had no VHS or DVD movies to play this month. Hopefully we’ll get our equipment soon; in the meantime, please keep patient. Thanks.
4. Wesleyan Gladiators!!!
   First year students, prepare yourselves: Titan TV and ORL present Wesleyan Gladiators, a “Beat the Clock” game show played on your very own floor. Every first year residence hall will have a champion team, and those four will play in the ultimate showdown of ability! Needless to say, it will all be very exciting. We hope for a lot of good-natured competition, and to spur that forward, we’re offering a prize to the winning team’s floor. What is it, you ask? We would tell you, but then that’d ruin all the fun! Check with your RAs to see when your floor is competing. Hope to see you there!

That’s it for me. If you have any questions, comments, etc, email us at titantv {at} iwu(.)edu.

Rae Rein

Tags: Update

As the semester comes to a close, we think it is important to fill all of you in on what has happened with Titan TV so far this year and what we hope to accomplish by the summer.  This is really a very brief overview; there is so much more we just do not know how to fit in a small piece like this.

First, and probably foremost, we got a new programming system on channel five.  This is a big (huge, really) step in the right direction, as movies are unable to cut out on channel five now (like they have in the past and still do on channel four) and the overall interface is greatly streamlined.  Not only does this make the viewing experience much more pleasurable for all of you, but it makes the job of our Programming Manager a heck of a lot easier.  We’ve been told by the Student Senate Media Commissioner that we will be getting the same system for channel four in January.  Needless to say, we’re really excited.

Second, we have gotten a lot of new staff members we really like who have done some amazing things.  They may not realize it, but the work they’ve done has been recognized by Rae and myself and we really do appreciate everything they’ve done.  Without a large staff, a station like ours really couldn’t do much of anything.

Third, we’ve had a few scripts to look over for new shows.  While we haven’t made any original content ourselves this semester (though you should really look forward to 9×9’s film festival next semester), this is only because we’ve been so busy with the rest of the things we’ve been working on that making new shows has been temporarily pushed to the backburner.  Don’t worry, though, we’re very excited to work on it some more next semester.

Fourth, as Rae mentioned in her last (and first) post, we’re in the process of making a Titan TV handbook and contract for all of our employees.  This will really help us to attract and retain new staff members and it will ensure that we have great new things to broadcast on a regular basis.

As far as next semester is concerned, there are a lot of things that we are looking forward to.  We’re in talks with someone high up in the University administration (not naming any names) about a show with their employees and students which we’ve been wanting to do for quite some time now.  As we get more worked out on that front, we’ll let you know.  Just look forward to it; it’ll be awesome.

As I said, we’re also getting a second digital programming system (for channel four).  This will be a major leap forward in terms of simplicity and reliability and, in conjunction with that, we’ll have a new option for submission of advertisements we’ll tell you about soon.  (Email titantv {at} iwu(.)edu for advance information about that if you’d like.)  No longer will there be that annoying screen that just says when the next movie is going to start; it’ll be much more like what we already have on channel four and what we had on both last year.

That’s all I’m going to tell you about right now; this entry is already too long.  Just keep checking back for more information as it comes up.  And, as always, email titantv {at} iwu(.)edu with any questions, comments, ideas, suggestions, or requests to work with us.

Rae Rein, executive director here. This is my first post to our site; the site would not let me on until a few days ago.

Have you seen our new logo? Every pixel was crafted with a special kind of awesomeness designed to blow your mind. It was created by Bryan Byers, who also does the icons for Titan News. The header to this site was designed by the fabulous Michael Gorman. It features John Meuser (one of the anchors on Titan News), Michael, and yours truly.

Speaking of Titan News, shiny new episodes are up every week at noon and 7pm. It’s all you need to know, so you should definitely tune in.

Michael and I are hard at work on a new Titan TV Handbook, outlining rules and regulations, as well as standardizing manager positions and shows. We are also working on contracts for all our employees to sign. Basically, we’re making Titan TV more legitimate than ever before. It’s all part of our plan to gain street cred and become a true institution of Illinois Wesleyan.

Next semester is going to be extraordinary in terms of programming. I could tell you, but then I’d have to feed you to the Sheean beast.

That’s it for now. Remember to tune in!

Rae

Check it out on Pipeline or Facebook (http://iwu.facebook.com/event.php?eid=5218764069). $50 to the person who creates the winning logo. We have already gotten some great submissions.

Hey, all.

We just wanted to let you know that, after a few small technical difficulties getting to know our new programming system and streamlining our update process, we have our new schedule up and running on channels four and five. You can find the most current copy of our schedule here on our blog. Check it out.

If you have any questions, comments, ideas, suggestions, or anything else, you can get in touch with the Titan TV Managers by emailing us at titantv {at} iwu(.)edu. Also, if you have any ideas regarding how we can best let you know of our new schedules, send us those ideas here.