Boston Neighborhood Network Television, a nationally recognized, award-winning community media

Community media

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 center and 501(c)(3) nonprofit

Non-profit organization

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, acts as a public forum for all Boston

Boston

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 residents, nonprofit and community-based organizations, and governmental and educational institutions and provides them with affordable training and access to emerging media technologies.

Cable Television

BNN operates Boston's two Public, educational, and government access

Public, educational, and government access

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 (PEG) cable tv  channels: BNN's News & Information Channel on Comcast

Comcast

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 9 and RCN Cable 15 and BNN's Community Access Channel (23 Comcast/83 RCN). Members have access to two television studio

Television studio

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s, digital field production and editing equipment, a multimedia

Multimedia

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 lab, and a mobile production truck, as well as a wealth of hands-on media training classes. The City of Boston has two cable providers, Comcast

Comcast

Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...

Cable and RCN Cable. BNN is carried on both cable systems. If you are a Comcast subscriber you can see BNN programs on channels 9 and 23. If you are an RCN subscriber, BNN programs can be seen on channels 15 and 83.

• For local news and community information tune in to BNN's News and Information Channel on Comcast 9/RCN 15.
• For a taste of Boston's cultural diversity tune in to BNN's Community Access Channel on Comcast 23/RCN 83.