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CTN Mission

Community Television Network is committed to providing multimedia resources and programming to serve diverse public interests and strengthen the fabric of the Ann Arbor community.

Community Television Network is your source for all things Ann Arbor. Tune in to find out the latest news and stories of interest as only CTN can bring you. Click image for latest "What to Watch on CTN" for Friday, Feb.3 -Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 (PDF).

Interested in Learning How to Produce Your Own TV Show? 

CTN teaches you how to operate our 
television production equipment  For free.  
Reserve space in CTN's two hour Preview 
Monday, January 23 from 6-8 PM.

Must be a resident of the City of Ann Arbor, or a representative of a non-profit organization based within the City of Ann Arbor. 

Classes include: Studio, Hotline Studio, Remote Camcorders, and iMovie & Final Cut Editing.  After successfully taking our classes, you are eligible to use the equipment to make your own television program or help crew on on someone else's. Call 734.794.6150

TV Production Classes - Schedule Please click here to check out the dates for our upcoming classes.

Updated!  CTN's In the Know, On the Go Podcast

Don't have a lot of time and wish there was a way to easily keep up with CTN?  Check out our new monthly podcast with Rebecca.  You'll love her easy style of informing you about important events, programs, and other happenings at Ann Arbor's community media center.  Click the icon and listen to this month's
CTN podcast (the site also includes a written version.)  Enjoy!

CTN's In the Know,
On the Go Podcast

CTN STAFF & COMMUNITY PRODUCERS WIN
NATIONAL AND REGIONAL AWARDS

PHILO T. FARNSWORTH FESTIVAL OF MEDIA ARTS 2011

CTN and our community producers have received 42 awards in the 2011 Philo T. Farnsworth Festival of Media Arts!  These include 15 First Place Philos and 12 Finalists (Second Place.)  In addition, we are also nominated for 15 Excellence Awards.  The Excellence Award winners will be announced at the awards ceremony.  Click the links above to review the complete list of winners, finalists, and nominations.

NATOA NATIONAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMING AWARDS 2011

CTN is a finalist in two different categories of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers & Advisors (NATOA) Government Programming Awards for 2011. 

Congratulations to CTN's Public/Education staff & Community Producers for placing Second Place in the Excellence in Public Access Programming category with CTN:  A Year in Public Access.  This 14 minute compilation features programs produced and presented by Ann Arbor residents and was edited by staffers Zachary Demers and Alysha Schlundt-Bodien.  Watch it here. 

We also salute CTN's Tim Nagae, who is a Producer with CTN's City Productions.  His production, Think Bike Safety First!, placed first in the Public Safety category.  Watch it here. More content from our City Productions programming can be accessed through the Video On Demand link on the left side of this homepage, where you will find an outstanding collection of programs. 

HOMETOWN NATIONAL VIDEO AWARDS 2011:

Congratulations to CTN Producer Tim Nagae, winner of two 2011 Hometown Video Awards!  Sponsored by the Alliance for Community Media, there were 1,100 entries from community television centers around the U.S. and Canada in this year's national competition.  Tim received first place in the following categories:

Information Talk Show - Professional:  EcoSense:  Bike & Walk in Ann Arbor
(Production assistance from the City of Ann Arbor's Eli Cooper)

Seniors - Professional:  Senior Moments:  Pittsfield Township Senior Center
(Assistance from Pittsfield Seniors' Mary Sougstad)

 More Video On Demand       

Watching CTN's channels certainly keeps Ann Arbor up to date and informed.  Now, there's an additional way for you to access selected programming through our Video On Demand resource on the web.  Check-out the Video On Demand link on the left.  You can watch CTN's original local programming produced for CitiTV 19 and City of Ann Arbor public meetings produced for GovTV 16.   

 CTN - TV by Ann Arbor, for Ann Arbor

Community Television Network (CTN), a free service of the City of Ann Arbor, operates  Channels 16, 17, 18 & 19 on the Comcast Cable System.

Produce Your Own TV Show

 Did you know CTN offers FREE production workshops to learn how to produce your own TV show for telecast on CTN A2TV 17?  We offer training and equipment to Ann Arbor residents and representatives of non-profit organizations based within the City of Ann Arbor.  Click "Classes" on the sidebar for details.  Speak-out, create, communicate on CTN!

 Access Soapbox

Book a 5 minute taping to:

• Express Your Opinion
• Promote A Non-Profit Event

To get on "Soapbox", call 734.794.6150, ext. 41504.
Tapings are the 2nd & 4th Thursdays of the month, 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM.
"Access Soapbox" is telecast on CTN's A2TV 17.  Click here for schedule.

Access Ann Arbor

Book a 30 minute talk show where:

• You provide a host (someone to guide the conversation)
• You may have up to three guests on your show
• CTN provides the volunteer crew

Members of the League of Women Voters of the Ann Arbor Area celebrate the Women's Suffrage Movement on the set of "Access Ann Arbor."

To get on "Access Ann Arbor" slot, call 734.794.6150, ext. 41504. 
"Access Ann Arbor" is telecast on CTN's A2TV 17.  Click here for schedule. 

CTN Closings

• Presidents' Day - Monday, February 20