Reminder: Cablecast Lottery Saturday, June 28
Posted June 23rd, 2008 by vikkid in News, Front Page, What's on TVThe lottery for the new season is on Saturday, June 28th from noon to 4pm in the Access Tucson conference room. The lottery is designed to give all members an equal chance at a cablecast slot of their choice. The lottery system allows for new programming by both existing and new members to become part of the line-up. The lottery provides fairness in scheduling. It is content-neutral and given the increasing demand on a fixed supply of cablecast time, it gives everyone an equal chance.
The parameters and rules from the last lottery remain the same as we continue to have one digital channel and two analog channels. Cox Communications has indicated that no major changes are expected to happen during our next programming season (September 7, 2008 to
March 7, 2009). However, this is not a guarantee.
Sometime before December 2009, Access Tucson will transition to 2 digital channels, 1 analog channel and up to 2,000 hours of video-on-demand.
Producers are strongly encouraged to make their own promos to cablecast on the channels to alert viewers of their cablecast times. Access Tucson will be providing some production slots and assistance through the PromoDaze service. If you have any questions regarding PromoDaze
production preparation, please contact a facilitator. Sign up for a PromoDaze slot at the Front Desk.
Lottery applications are due Wednesday, June 25th by 9pm.
channel grids and lottery rules.pdf
Day of the Lottery Agenda:
Noon Introduction
12:15 PM Live series round (live shows choosing Channel 72/120 (Comcast analog/Cox digital) get an instant replay on an analog channel during this round)
1:30 PM Local tape series round
2:30 PM Import tape series round
3:15 PM Replay round (Order includes all rounds and goes backwards from the last person picked in the import tape series round to the first person picked in the live series round.)