CreaTV San Jose

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CreaTV San Jose
FormationJune 22, 2008 [1]
Type Nonprofit organization
Headquarters38 South Second Street
San Jose, California 95113
Coordinates 37°20′9″N121°53′19″W / 37.33583°N 121.88861°W / 37.33583; -121.88861
Services Public-access television
Chief executive officer
Chad A. Johnston (2016–present) [2] [3]
Staff23 [2]
Website www.creatvsj.org

CreaTV San Jose (abbreviated CRTV) is a nonprofit organization based in San Jose, California, United States, that broadcasts several public-access television channels in San Jose and the surrounding Silicon Valley area. Under federal law, CreaTV receives a share of the gross revenue of local cable franchisees Comcast and AT&T, which amounted to $1.2 million in 2009. [4]

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History

CreaTV's former studios on West Julian Street. CreaTV San Jose.jpg
CreaTV's former studios on West Julian Street.

CreaTV was founded on June 22, 2008, to take over San Jose community television from Comcast Cable, which for at least 15 years had made their 2nd Street studio available for public access. CreaTV went on the air on July 1, 2008, nine days after its founding. [1] CreaTV was originally located at the Davidson Building on West Julian Street. In 2023, CreaTV opened Open San José, an 18,000-square-foot (1,700 m2) community center on South Second Street, to serve as the organization's offices and that of several other local nonprofit media and art organizations, including Chopsticks Alley Art, Mosaic America, WORKS San José, LEAD Filipino, San José Spotlight, and Northern California Public Media. [5]

Programming

CreaTV operates four public-access and educational television channels for the City of San Jose. Three of the channels are available on Xfinity systems in San Jose and Campbell: [6]

CRTV 27 Bay Voice Channel is available in 15 cities in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. It is coproduced with KMVT 15 in Mountain View and the Midpeninsula Community Media Center in Palo Alto. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 Baxter, Stephen (January 12, 2009). "San Jose residents plug in at new public TV studio". San Jose Mercury News . Bay Area News Group. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Staff". CreaTV San Jose. Archived from the original on July 22, 2018. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  3. ↑ Pizarro, Sal (September 7, 2016). "San Jose's Camera 12 Cinemas to close". The Mercury News . San Jose, California: Bay Area News Group. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  4. ↑ Newman, Bruce (June 19, 2009). "San Jose's cable-access television is democratic, creative, a wee bit nutty". San Jose Mercury News. Bay Area News Group. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  5. ↑ Pizarro, Sal (June 8, 2023). "Community hub Open San Jose ready for its grand opening". The Mercury News . San Jose, California. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Mission". CreaTV San Jose. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
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