Peters Township Community Television History
(Click on the year below)
2015
Most Watched episode online this year:
Peters Township New Automated Recycling coming in Spring 2015! (1,492)
STATS & FACTS:
Total programs produced: 543
Total studio shows produced: 344
Most productions (month): 88 (Oct)
Least productions (month): 7 (July)
Total programming hours: 10,340
Total online show views (Vimeo): 11,697
Total website views: 9,636
Top 5 Studio Shows (# of hours aired):
Talking Politics in Western PA (518)
Healthy Pets, Healthy Owners (557)
Headlines (313)
Book Buzz (300)
Inside Media Weekly (280)
Top 5 Sports/Community (# of hours aired):
PTHC Hockey games (385)
PTHS Commencement (272)
PTHS Video Yearbook (185)
PTHS Boys Basketball games (178)
PTHS Girls Volleyball matches (146)
5 Most Watched shows online:
Promos/PSAs (4,319)
PTHS Commencements (archives) (2,531)
Conversations with the Candidates (828)
PT Council Meetings/Public Hearings (615)
Healthy Pets, Healthy Owners/Let’s Talk Healthy Pets (387)
MAJOR EQUIPMENT PURCHASED:
Sony EVI-HD1 Council PTZ cameras (5)
Blackmagic Design Hyperdeck SSD Recorder
Sony RM-BR300 PTZ camera controller
Sony EVI-H100S/W Council overhead PTZ
Blackmagic Design ATEM 2 M/E switcher
ASUS M32AD-US032S editor PCs (5)
Blackmagic Design Studio Converter
SHOW DEBUTS:
The Personal Touch in Peters Township
Bethel Bible Chapel
Focus on the 46th District with Senator Camera Bartolotta
STAFF:
Public Access Director: Ryan Boni
Volunteer & Production Coordinator: Kelsey Sylvester
PTHS Television Broadcast & Media Production Teacher: Robin Hodgin-Frick
January
Began the process of overseeing the creation of an animated recycling PSA to share with PTSD students and their parents to promote recycling as part of the kick-off of the Township’s new recycling carts
PTHS Students created the “Crime Drama”
February
Interviews were recorded in the PTCT studio as part of the Rotary Club anniversary video
March
PSA highlighting recycling debuts (which ended up winning TVT award for Computer Generated Graphics category)
Informational video about the new recycling carts coming to Peters Township makes its debut (the online version is watched 1,180 times in March!)
May
New control room switcher was installed and made its debut on the May 7 recording of Talking Politics in Western PA
New cameras, controller and recorder were ordered for Council Chambers and were installed after the June 22nd meeting
The Personal Touch in Peters Township - new series hosted by Toni Sulkowski highlighting local organizations
July
Cameras in Council Chambers are replaced with new high-definition cameras, including the 13-year-old overhead camera that shows plans and other items to the projector in the room. Also, the agenda items appear as on-screen graphics to help viewers follow along. This equipment and the new graphics makes their debut at the July 9 Planning Commission meeting.
Agenda item graphics appear for the first time!
Installation of a new HVAC system in the studio/office/classroom at the High School began
August
The station added 2 additional network attached storage devices which increased the total number at PTCT to four (Projects, Media, Shows, and Archives), which allows for more file storage across all devices
All production computers at Peters Township Community Television (editors, engineering, audio, CG, training, VTR, scheduling, etc.) were upgraded to Windows 10, as part of the free upgrade Microsoft is offering for all machines running Windows 7 & newer
October
There were 83 programs recorded in October, which was an all-time monthly record!!
Multi-camera production of 2 Soccer games (10/13 Boys Soccer vs. Canon Mac and 10/14 Girls Soccer vs. Canon Mac) which contained openers, studio interviews, graphics and instant replay
November
s creates an Instagram account to show off photos of the Township and upcoming productions (57 followers in the first month)
PTCT completely redesigns web site
