| CalTV | |
| Formation: | 2005 |
| Size: | 200px |
| Founding Location: | Berkeley, California |
| Headquarters: | Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union |
| Location: | University of California, Berkeley |
| Region Served: | Berkeley, California United States |
| Membership: | 120 |
| Language: | English |
| Leader Title: | Executive Directors |
| Leader Name: | Karine Titizian Olivia Henderson |
| Affiliations: | Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) |
CalTV is a student run online television station at University of California, Berkeley. Since its founding, CalTV has grown into one of the largest student run media organizations on the west coast. CalTV is a chartered organization of the Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC).
In the spring of 2005, Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) was able to allocate sufficient seed money to set up an online TV network.
CalTV uses standards compliant and customized content management system coupled with the YouTube's online video player. CalTV produces video content using a Canon 60D DSLR and Adobe Creative Cloud software running on Apple iMac G5.
Seven different departments make up CalTV: four on-camera and three behind-the-scenes. They include:
On-Camera
Behind-the-Scenes
At first, the station produced a single show focusing exclusively on news events (local, national and international) but produced in a citizen journalism style. The show featured brief backgrounds on stories introduced by CalTV journalists followed by opinion from Berkeley students and professors.
With time, CalTV's content expanded into sports, arts and entertainment. "The CalTV Sports Highlight" began in 2006 and included coverage of California football, baseball, and water polo. The semester of Spring 2007, "The CalTV Show", an off-beat news show featuring commentary on student issues, began airing. "The CalTV Show" has been renamed "The CalBear Report."
"Back and Forth", included in the CalTV sports programming, resembles ESPN's Pardon the Interruption and features banter on sports related topics. "Sports Shorts" features updates on recent teams in action, as well as interviews with students on Sproul Plaza. "Bear in Mind" covers off-the-field stories on student athletes and teams.
CalTV debuted its Entertainment programming in 2010 when the former Music Department officially changed its name to Entertainment.
CalTV has also been involved in the coverage of on-campus and off-campus special events. These events included exclusive interviews with such celebrities as:
CalTV has been financially supported by ASUC. CalTV also works with Big Ideas @ Berkeley, an initiative that provides funding, support, and encouragement to interdisciplinary teams at UC Berkeley. The station has also been exploring revenue generation through ads and promotional activities.
CalTV's footage has been featured on numerous media outlets including:
CalTV Alumni have gone on the work in the media industry for companies such as:
CalTV has been recognized in local media. The Daily Cal, Berkeley's newspaper, has published articles on CalTV.[1] [2] The station has also gaining visibility in the Berkeley blogging community[3] [4]