DATV Holiday Party

Join your fellow DATV members and friends for a Holiday Party to celebrate the season.

The event will take place on Friday, December 18th from 6:00 - 9:00pm in the DATV Studio located at 280 Leo St. in Dayton.

The evening will include a holiday buffet and special surprises. We hope you will be able to join us for a night of holiday cheer.

Please RSVP to Dorothy Beatty by December 14th at 223-5311.

Womble Tutorial

Watch a "Womble" tutorial and learn how to digitize your programs for playback on DATV. Womble will take your completed program off of a DATV and create an MPEG2 file for playback.

Dayton Children's Parade

The 2008 Dayton Children's Parade will be held on Friday, Nov. 27th at 8pm. For those of you volunteering to be part of the video crew, you should meet us at Courthouse Square at 6:30pm.

Fiber Optics

Time Warner cable has recently instituted a new Fiber Optic connection between DATV's master control room and the Time Warner headend.

This new connection will allow for a better signal quality on both DATV and Dayton Spiritual Television.

We thank Time Warner for their support!

Get DATV Gear!

The new DATV summer festival T-shirts are now here.
Look "Hot" this summer in these "Cool" tees. Only $10.

Philo Award Entries

Entries are now being accepted for the 2009 Philo T. Farnsworth Video Festival

Entry forms are located in the Volunteer Lounge or you can go to the Central States Region website.

DATV will pay for one entry if you are a VIP Member at the $75.00 rate.
Any and all other Entries will be up to you to pay.

The fee is $17.00 each. You can make a check out to DATV and we will mail your entries to the Philo hosting site. Please make a copy of your entry on your own DVD and turn into Melissa by 12:00pm on Monday, June 29^th.

Please consider entering one of your best programs for the past year.

The awards presentation will take place at the Central States Regional Fall Conference on Friday, October 16^th in Brunswick, Ohio.

South Park Jazz Fest

DATV has just added the South Park Jazz Fest to its Summer Music Series schedule. The festival will be held on Saturday, September 26th in the South Park Neighborhood. If you would like to volunteer to be a part of the crew contact Dorothy at 223-5311.

Edit Suite Updates

As of July 6th we will no longer have SVHS decks in edit suites 1 & 3. The only room where you can use SVHS will be in edit suite 2.

DATV Fans Get A Discount At Crowne Plaza

It pays to be a member, friend or fan of DATV. DATV has made an arrangement with the Crowne Plaza hotel in Downtown Dayton for members, fans and friends of DATV to get a special discounted rate.

If you mention "DATV" when you make your reservation you will be eligible for a discounted $75 room rate on any day of the week, provided the hotel is not sold out.

You may use this discount as many times as you like and you can even pass this offer along to your friends.

Also available is a discount on their "Club Level" rooms at a rate of $95 per night.

To make a reservation simply call 1-800-227-6963 and mention DATV. (group code IPR3S).

Local filmmaker Andy Copp will debut his latest locally produced feature length horror film "QUIET NIGHTS OF BLOOD AND PAIN" at the Neon Movies on Tuesday, May 12th at 7:30 pm.

The film titled "QUIET NIGHTS OF BLOOD AND PAIN" was shot entirely on location in the Dayton area and features local actors and crew. It is the 6th Feature film produced and directed by Copp in Dayton, Ohio. Past films have included; "THE MUTILATION MAN", "BLACK SUN" and "THE ATROCITY CIRCLE".

Tickets will be available at the box office. DVDs of the movie will also been on sale at the event at a reduced rate for movie goers. T-shirts and other promotional items will be for sale after the show as well.

Green With Envy

DATV has painted its Chorma Key wall in the studio. The wall has been changed from blue to green. We believe the new color will allow for better clipping during the editing process. We have also made the wall much larger. Thanks to Dale and Andy for their efforts.

Dayton Spiritual Promotion

To help us promote the fact that Dayton Spiritual Television will be moving to Digital Channel 724 as of March 31st. We will be running a lower third graphic during all MPEG shows played back on the channel.

If you produce a show on Dayton Spiritual Television, please remind your viewers about the upcoming channel relocation.

New DATV Website!

DATV now has a new website. We hope the redesigned look will make it easier to find what you are looking for. Stop by and check us out when you get the chance. http://www.datv.org

Social Media Workshops

Social Media is a powerful force on the internet today. Sites such as YouTube, MySpace and Facebook have developed large followings throughout the world. DATV can teach you how to harness the power of the internet to drive viewers to your program and your website. In these introductory workshops you will learn the techniques and software needed to effectively use Social Media to distribute and promote your program.

April 21st - You Tube (Instructor Andy Copp) YouTube - is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips.

May 19th - Blip (Instructor Dan Suffoletto) Blip TV is a hosting, distribution and advertising platform for creators of Web shows. blip.tv provides content creators with free hosting, support for a variety of video formats, distribution using technologies like RSS.

May 21st - MySpace (Instructor Steve Ross) Myspace.com - is a social networking website with an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos for teenagers and adults internationally.

June 16th - Facebook (Instructor Patrick Hughes) Facebook is a free-access social networking website. Users can join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region to connect and interact with other people. People can also add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves.

June 18th - Blogger (Instructor Dale Grow) A blog (a contraction of the term weblog) is a website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order.

Fishing Derby To Benefit DATV!

Get a jump start on the fishing season with a spring Fishing Derby to benefit DATV. The Derby, presented by Waste Management's Stony Hollow Landfill, will be held April 2nd to the 9th, 2009 at Gettysburg Fish Lake, 3636 Frytown Rd. in Dayton.

This recently renovated and stocked lake features a wide selection of Trout, Blue Gill, Bass, Cat Fish, Crappie and Carp for you to enjoy. Come out and fish for the low price of $10 for adults and $5 for children. You may catch of up 10 fish each day with a 12 lb. limit. Pay each day at the gate and fish as many days as you like.

The owners of the lake are donating all of the proceeds to DATV. The lake is operated by Pastor Ril Beatty, Jr. of Mountain Top Ministries who is a member of DATV and produces a weekly program for Dayton Spiritual Television.

For more information about the Derby and the lake, call Gettysburg Fish Lake at 260-4500.

Online Edit Suite Reservation Viewer

DATV has added new functionality to its website. You can now view an Edit Suite Reservation calendar online. If you would like to reserve an Edit Suite over the phone you can look at the reservation link to choose your time and then call 223-5311 to make your reservation.

In the near future we will be adding a computer to the Volunteer Lounge so you can also view the calendar while you are visiting us.

Spiritual TV Moving To Digital Tier

Dayton Spiritual Television will be moving to a new channel location on March 31st, 2009. This new location is a result of the State of Ohio's Video Service Provider franchising law that took effect in 2008. This new law replaced what was once a local franchising process.

Dayton Spiritual Television's new channel location will be digital channel 724. It is currently seen on analog channel 12. As of the effective date, if you are a current subscriber to Time Warner Cable in the City of Dayton, Riverside or Butler Twp. and wish to continue to receive Dayton Spiritual Television, you must subscribe to the digital service package. Various other local access channels will also be moved in Dayton and surrounding communities but DATV does not control the content of those channels.

The channel relocation of Dayton Spiritual Television is not related in any way to the FCC's deadline for broadcast stations to convert their signals from analog to digital. Dayton Spiritual Television is not a broadcast service regulated by the FCC and it is only available to cable subscribers.

Dayton Spiritual Television is currently home to programming from over 70 local churches that produce programs for the channel. At the end of 2008, DATV which operates the channel, had over 500 local members that produced over 4,800 new shows for DATV and Dayton Spiritual Television combined.

Steve Ross, DATV Executive Director remarked, "While we are saddened that some cable viewers who only subscribe to basic cable will no longer be able to enjoy Dayton Spiritual Television, we are hopeful that many new viewers will be exposed to Dayton Spiritual Television's programming that inspires hope, understanding and fulfillment."

With Dayton Spiritual Television's move to Digital channel 724 it will now be seen in the entire greater Dayton area in those households that subscribe to Time Warner Cable's digital service tier. This service area extends roughly from Sidney in the North, Springfield in the East, Springboro in the South and the Indiana State line in the West.

The law, which in 2008 was championed by video service providers across the state and opposed by local governments, allows VSPs to move some local access channels to the digital service tier at their discretion. DATV, which operates Dayton Spiritual Television, is required by law to allow one of its channels to be moved to the digital service tier at the request of Time Warner Cable.

DATV, the public access channel, which is currently seen on Time Warner Cable channel 20 in the City of Dayton, Riverside and Butler Twp. will be unaffected by the move. This channel relocation only affects subscribers to Time Warner Cable. DATV anticipates availability of both Dayton Spiritual Television and DATV on AT&T's U-Verse service during the later part of 2009. Viewers of Direct TV and Dish Network do not benefit from access to DATV or Dayton Spiritual Television and there are no future prospects for that to change.

President's Day

DATV will be closed on Monday, February 16th in honor of President's Day.

Learn How To Digitize Your Programs

Friday, February 13th10am or 6pm[1st Time Attendees Only]

Learn how you can digitize your program for playback on DATV’s automated playback system.

In the near future DATV will require that all programs that air on both channels be converted to a MPEG2 format for digital playback.DATV is currently playing back a vast majority of programs from a hard drive based system. This system allows for more accurate playback or your programs. In addition it eliminates the need for a more costly DVD or tape playback system.

Although there are many programs available for you to convert your program, DATV recommends that you use a program called Womble. This program is recommended for its ease of use and low cost.DATV will be holding special Womble Workshops to show members how to use this program.Each session should last about an hour.

To register contact Dorothy at 223-5311 or Dorothy@datv.org.

MLK Day

In observance of Martin Luther King Day, DATV's offices will be closed on January 19th.