NTTV
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ntTV is a Student television station
and student organization at the University of North Texas
in Denton, Texas
; ntTV is multicast locally on Charter Communications
cable
channel 22 and on Verizon FiOS
channel 46. ""ntTV"" was founded in the fall of 1980 and will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2010.
Run by volunteers, student staff, and a faculty station manager; the station features shows produced by and geared toward students; it has also aired programming from National Lampoon Networks, Zilo
, and other American universities. Since 2004, ntTV has broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. ntTV typically has 15 student produced shows in production each Fall and Spring semester, totally over 100 hours of content.
In 2009, ntTV won a Lonestar Emmy for their 2008 election night coverage, Eagle Election Night. ntTV broadcast live for three hours to bring the University of North Texas, and the Denton community, localized election coverage. ntTV received 5 out of 6 possible nominations.
'Taboo Topics
North Texas Basketball
NT Scene
Axion Maxima
Eagle Access
North Texas Sports Zone
Breaking News
Deadly Cinema
Elvis and Slick Monty
New Choice
The Post Cognitive
Homeless in Denton
SLAMFEST
Student television station
A student television station is a television station run by university, high or middle school students that primarily airs school/university news and in many cases, student-produced soap operas, entertainment shows, and other programming....
and student organization at the University of North Texas
University of North Texas
The University of North Texas is a public institution of higher education and research in Denton. Founded in 1890, UNT is part of the University of North Texas System. As of the fall of 2010, the University of North Texas, Denton campus, had a certified enrollment of 36,067...
in Denton, Texas
Denton, Texas
The city of Denton is the county seat of Denton County, Texas in the United States. Its population was 119,454 according to the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the eleventh largest city in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex...
; ntTV is multicast locally on Charter Communications
Charter Communications
Charter Communications is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 4.7 million customers in 25 states. By revenues, it is the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States, behind Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Cox Communications...
cable
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
channel 22 and on Verizon FiOS
Fíos
Fíos is one of 17 parishes in Parres, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain....
channel 46. ""ntTV"" was founded in the fall of 1980 and will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2010.
Run by volunteers, student staff, and a faculty station manager; the station features shows produced by and geared toward students; it has also aired programming from National Lampoon Networks, Zilo
Zilo
Zilo Networks Inc. was an integrated entertainment and marketing television network aimed at college students and young adults.Founded in 1999, New York City-based Zilo Networks quickly became one of the leading integrated entertainment and marketing networks designed specifically for college...
, and other American universities. Since 2004, ntTV has broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. ntTV typically has 15 student produced shows in production each Fall and Spring semester, totally over 100 hours of content.
In 2009, ntTV won a Lonestar Emmy for their 2008 election night coverage, Eagle Election Night. ntTV broadcast live for three hours to bring the University of North Texas, and the Denton community, localized election coverage. ntTV received 5 out of 6 possible nominations.
Currently Produced Programming
'ntTV Nightly News- ntTV Nightly News is the signature program of ntTV News. "ntTV Nightly News" is broadcast live at 6:00pm Monday through Thursday. "ntTV Nightly News" is managed by ntTV's Student News Director. "ntTV Nightly News" was nominated for a Lonestar Emmy AwardEmmy AwardAn Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
in 2008. ntTV 22 News, ntTV Nightly News forerunner, was nominated for an Emmy AwardEmmy AwardAn Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
from the Lone Star Emmy Chapter in College News Production in 2006.
'Taboo Topics
- Taboo Topics is a student produced half-hour talk show. "Taboo Topics" invites area experts to participate in discussions on various religious and political topics. "Taboo Topics" was created by Noah Sargent.
North Texas Basketball
- When basketball season rolls around, ntTV covers most UNT home games live from the UNT SuperPit. All the features of a major network basketball broadcast are present, including play-by-play and color commentating, multiple camera angles, replay capability, sideline interviews with coaches, and a complete graphics package with a scoreboard and game-clock. In March 2007, the ntTV Basketball crew was used to broadcast the Heartland Conference basketball tournament on the InternetInternetThe Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
as well as NTTV.
NT Scene
- NT Scene is a magazine series with a focus on people and events in the North Texas region. It is also nttV's longest-running show with episodes dating back to 1981. NT Scene is managed by ntTV's Student Entertainment Director.
Shows No Longer in Production But Currently On Air
The _____ Agency- The _____ Agency is a show about a group of students who form an agency which tailors to the individual needs of its clients.
Axion Maxima
- Axion Maxima is NTTV's first show in which Spanish is the primary language used. Focusing on entertainment, the show tours the Metroplex, highlighting things to do in the North Texas area.
Eagle Access
- Eagle Access is a student-affairs show that covers events happening across the University of North Texas. The show also features interviews with the University of North TexasUniversity of North TexasThe University of North Texas is a public institution of higher education and research in Denton. Founded in 1890, UNT is part of the University of North Texas System. As of the fall of 2010, the University of North Texas, Denton campus, had a certified enrollment of 36,067...
: Student Government Association President, and reports on University departments, faculty, and events.
North Texas Sports Zone
- North Texas Sports Zone is a weekly sports highlight show that features University of North Texas sports and Denton area high school athletics. North Texas Sports Zone is managed by the student Sports Director in the fall, and by the Assistant Sports Director in the spring.
Breaking News
- Breaking NewsBreaking newsBreaking news, also known as a special report or news bulletin, is a current event that broadcasters feel warrants the interruption of scheduled programming and/or current news in order to report its details. Many times, breaking news is used after the news network has already reported on this story...
is a show that parodies the parody of news programs. Breaking News holds the distinction of being the first entertainment program to air live on NTTV. The live episode of Breaking News was created as a special project in UNT's Advanced Video Production course in the fall of 2005.
Deadly Cinema
- Deadly CinemaDeadly CinemaDeadly Cinema is a television show on NTTV, a Student television station at University of North Texas. The program aired for two seasons from 2003 to 2005.-Synopsis:...
is a horror-host program starring Dallas area model Jami DeadlyJami DeadlyJami Deadly is an American born actress, glamour model, singer, burlesque dancer, and horror host. Jami grew up in Texas where she starred in the NTTV show, Deadly Cinema. Jami has been featured in Lowrider, Rue Morgue, Skin Two, Marquis, Deadbeat Magazine, Ol' Skool Rodz, Bite Me, CK Deluxe,...
. Deadly CinemaDeadly CinemaDeadly Cinema is a television show on NTTV, a Student television station at University of North Texas. The program aired for two seasons from 2003 to 2005.-Synopsis:...
followed the antics of a group of horror movie inspired friends. The show also featured Public DomainPublic domainWorks are in the public domain if the intellectual property rights have expired, if the intellectual property rights are forfeited, or if they are not covered by intellectual property rights at all...
horror films that the main characters would heckle.
Elvis and Slick Monty
- Elvis and Slick MontyElvis and Slick MontyElvis and Slick Monty is an Emmy Award-winning American television comedy series that aired first-run episodes on the NTTV network from 2004 to 2006. Additionally, it has also been syndicated to college stations across the United States as well as broadcast online...
is a serialized science fiction comedy from File Two Productions. It tells the story of a man-fly from a parallel world, his ex-rock star roommate, and their efforts to thwart the world domination plans of Mayor Richard NixonRichard NixonRichard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
and his alien co-conspirators. The show lasted two comedically disparate seasons of five episodes each. The first season DVD set was released in 2005, and the season two DVD was released in late 2007. Elvis and Slick Monty was awarded a 2007 Lone Star Emmy for Best Student Production (Non-News).
New Choice
- New Choice is an improvisational "comedy" show in the same vein as Whose Line Is It Anyway?Whose Line Is It Anyway?Whose Line Is It Anyway? is a short-form improvisational comedy TV show. Originally a British radio programme, it moved to television in 1988 as a series made for the UK's Channel 4, for a 10 series run...
The show features members of UNT's Improv Comedy Club.
The Post Cognitive
- The Post CognitiveThe Post Cognitive-Synopsis:The Post Cognitive is a TV show on North Texas Television, NTTV. Created by Jimmy McCoy, the black-and-white show is a throwback to Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone".-Awards:...
was nominated for and awarded a Lone Star Emmy for Best Student Production in 2005, and Best Student Production (Non-News) in 2006. An additional episode of The Post Cognitive was nominated for the same category in 2006.
Homeless in Denton
- Homeless in Denton is a semi-improvisational comedy telling the tale of two homeless bums that find a camera in a dumpster, prompting them to make a TV show. The first season was released on DVD in 2005, and the second season DVD was released in 2007. Since the series conclusion, the Bums have reunited for Homeless in Japan, a one-off special shot on location in Hirakata City, OsakaOsakais a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Homeless in Denton was canceled in December 2006, but was picked back up by DCAT channel 25 in Denton, TX. Homeless in Denton was named Best Entertainment Show (People's Choice) at the 2005 Golden Television Awards.
SLAMFEST
- SLAMFEST is a television show from the team behind Homeless in Denton in which the bums and their dolphin Schroder recount a death-match tournament of pop-culture icons such as Vanity Smurf and Indiana JonesIndiana JonesColonel Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr., Ph.D. is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Indiana Jones franchise. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg created the character in homage to the action heroes of 1930s film serials...
. The show was originally aired after Walden, which was aired after Homeless in Denton. It was canceled in December 2006, but was picked up by DCAT channel 25 along with its parent show, Homeless in Denton. A sequel series, SLAMFEST 2, was shot on location in Hirakata City, OsakaOsakais a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, and is expected to premiere online in 2008.