Marin TV - Master Control Updates

Submitted by michael on Tue, 11/15/2016 - 2:17pm

November 17, 2016 8:00 AM UPDATE

More work ahead! We brought the Community Channel 26 online last night and it is now playing out the regular program schedule. Still many tweaks to be done to encoder/scalers along the signal path to refine the image quality. We should have Channel 27/30 back to their normal schedules later today.

November 16, 2016 8:00 AM UPDATE

We worked late into the night but haven't yet brought the new system online. There will continue to be interruptions to the normal schedule throughout the day as we transfer files, test and configure the setup. Hopefully there will be a return to normal programming this evening. We appreciate your patience! Note: Live government meetings will play at their scheduled times and the Government Channel 27 remains on the same schedule as usual.

November 15, 2016 UPDATE

We are rolling over the Marin TV cable channels to new servers this afternoon. Expect some disruptions to the programming schedule as we do this. We hope to have things as close to normal as soon as possible. Tweaks and tests will continue throughout the week.

Expect Technical Difficulties - Nov. 15-18

Submitted by michael on Mon, 11/14/2016 - 12:06pm

Monday, Nov 14th. One of our DISH feeds froze this morning which disrupted our morning cablecasts of Democracy Now and Gay USA. We resumed at 10:15 with a delayed cablecast of DN! and it will repeat normally at other hours today. Things like this happen at the worst time - and we know many of you are following the news more closely this week than ever. We will continue to do our best to avoid future problems.

On that note - we have many equipment changes planned the rest of this week and there may be a few more hiccups as we move our channels over to the new equipment. We will do our best to minimize downtime! Please bear with us during this time.

Meet CMCM Producer Nick Moorhatch

Submitted by AlejandroP on Thu, 11/10/2016 - 4:06pm

Your Name:
Nick Moorhatch

How long have you been a member of CMCM?
3 – 6 years.

The Title of Your Marin TV Series:
The Recovery Station

In a nutshell, describe your CMCM series:
The topic is chemical dependency, addiction, and recovery from drugs and alcohol.

Where were you born and raised?
San Francisco

If you attended college ... What was the name of the school? What was your major?
City College of San Francisco; Business

What is/was your occupation? How long have you been in this profession?
Grocery clerk for 14 years.

What inspired you to produce your own TV series?
Recovery is needed so much that if we can get our young people educated, then they don’t need to start and get addicted

What is your favorite part of TV production?
My favorite part is to ask the directors of treatment centers why their program works.

What was your favorite TV show growing up?
I had 6 to 10 different ones.

When you’re not wearing your CMCM “producer” hat, what do you for fun?
I like to ride bikes and motorized bikes.

Anything else you’d like to share?

Thank Goodness It's Almost Over Election Day Specials

Submitted by AlejandroP on Mon, 11/07/2016 - 2:34pm

Watch LIVE on the Education Channel:
Comcast Ch 30 / AT&T 99 / cmcm.tv/liveedu

4 - 9 PM Democracy Now! Election Special
Democracy Now! will broadcast live for 5 hours from 19:00 - 23:59 ET. Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez will co-host this special election night coverage with
real-time results from presidential, gubernatorial and congressional races, as well as ballot initiatives from around the country.

9 - 11 PM Marin Election coverage with Peter B. Collins and Greg Brockbank

Join Peter and Greg for local Marin election coverage and a wrap up of the national races. Special guests and other surprises!

Final Presidential Debate Live on Marin TV - Today 10/19 5:00 pm

Submitted by Megan Loretz - ... on Wed, 10/19/2016 - 1:30pm

Let us help you become election ready with LIVE coverage of the final Presidential Debate, and Democracy Now!'s "Expanding the Debate" coverage featuring Jill Stein. Final U.S. Presidential Debate LIVE

TODAY, Oct. 19
5:00 - 8:30 PM Channel 30

Democracy Now!'s Expanded 2-Hour Post Debate Coverage featuring Jill Stein
TOMORROW, Oct. 20
4:00 - 6:00 PM Channel 30

And catch our local League of Women Voters of Marin Candidate Debates here!

Final Presidential Debate On Marin TV

Submitted by Megan Loretz - ... on Wed, 10/19/2016 - 1:26pm

Let us help you become election ready with League of Women Voters of Marin Candidate Debates, LIVE coverage of the final Presidential Debate, and Democracy Now!'s "Expanding the Debate" coverage featuring Jill Stein.

Final U.S. Presidential Debate LIVE

TODAY, Oct. 19
5 - 8:30 PM Channel 30

Democracy Now!'s Expanded 2-Hour Post Debate Coverage featuring Jill Stein

TOMORROW, Oct. 20
4 - 6 PM Channel 30

What the heck is on anyway?

Submitted by michael on Tue, 10/18/2016 - 2:54pm

UPDATE 11/2/16 Yes - it's all working now. We have worked the kinks out with the new provider and the Guide does reflect the weekly schedule submissions. There is one exception, our Government channel changes nearly every day with additions so the guide but not be 100% accurate - but our web schedule always is: CH 27: http://cmcm.tv/gov-schedule

If you've been using the Guide on Comcast to find our programming, you've probably found it very confusing in recent weeks. We've been working with Tivo/Rovi on fixing the random errors for a couple months now and were just informed this week that Comcast had actually moved that service to another vendor entirely. Surprise! So, now we're working with the new vendor on the problems (once they return from their vacation that is). Yes, frustrating to be sure, but only a small part of our daily joy.

The best place to see what's actually on has always been our online schedules which are live up to the minute updates of what's being scheduled:
CH 26: http://cmcm.tv/community-schedule
CH 27: http://cmcm.tv/gov-schedule
CH 30: http://cmcm.tv/edu-schedule

Expanding the October 9th Presidential Debate

Submitted by michael on Sat, 10/08/2016 - 9:03am

WATCH ON MARIN TV • CHANNEL 30
SUNDAY OCT 9, 5:00-8:30 PM

On Sunday night Democracy Now! will air special live coverage of the second U.S. presidential debate. We will air the full debate between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and give third-party candidates a chance to respond in real time to the same questions. Jill Stein of the Green Party has agreed to participate in our Expanding the Debate special. We have also invited Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party. Our special broadcast will begin at 5 p.m. PST with a one-hour roundtable. Guests will include Katrina vanden Heuvel of the Nation, Melina Abdullah of Black Lives Matter.

LWV Candidate Debates and Election Info

Submitted by ScottCalhoun on Sat, 10/08/2016 - 12:00am

Know your stuff this November!

Latino Film Festival 2016

Submitted by AlejandroP on Fri, 10/07/2016 - 2:11pm

Selected films from the Cine+Mas SF Latino Film Festival were hosted by the Community Media Center of Marin in collaboration with ForWords, The Task Force on the Americas, Canal Welcome Center, and Canal Alliance. Screened at the Albert J. Boro Community Center, the featured films celebrate Latino culture and will include
Q&A sessions with the filmmakers.