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Changes to City of Detroit Public Access Television Programming

Original title: Mayor’s Office responses relative to Budget questions. Regarding New Programming Strategy. (After Council inquired into the feasibility of covering the City Planning Commission meetings on March 2, 2017 the department has devised a plan to better provide coverage to the residents of the city of Detroit. The new department programming will record and add the CPC meetings to the existing Channel 10 lineup, effective April 2017. Effective March 20, 2017 Detroit’s department videos and mayoral videos will be relocated to the new Channel 21 when the channel launches.) (REFERRED TO THE BUDGET, FINANCE AND AUDIT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 3-22-17)

March 22, 2017

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The Frame

What this does

Residents will need to tune into different television channels to view City Planning Commission meetings and mayoral video content starting in spring 2017.

Who is mentioned in the record

Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.

Detroit Residents

Residents must change the channel they use to access specific city government video content.

City Planning Commission

Their meetings will now be recorded and broadcast on Channel 10.

What changed

Last recorded activity March 22, 2017.

What's next

Next step not available in the current record.

Summary

The Mayor's Office has announced a new plan to broadcast City Planning Commission meetings and relocate departmental and mayoral videos to a new television channel. These changes are scheduled to take effect in March and April 2017.

Key Facts

City Planning Commission meetings will be recorded and added to the Channel 10 broadcast lineup starting in April 2017.
Departmental and mayoral videos will move to the new Channel 21 starting March 20, 2017.
The programming changes were developed in response to a City Council inquiry regarding the feasibility of covering City Planning Commission meetings.
This communication was referred to the Budget, Finance and Audit Standing Committee on March 22, 2017.
The document is filed under number 15-5719.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where can I watch City Planning Commission meetings?

Starting in April 2017, these meetings will be available on Channel 10.

Where can I watch mayoral and departmental videos?

Starting March 20, 2017, these videos will be moved to the new Channel 21.

Why It Matters

Residents will need to tune into different television channels to view City Planning Commission meetings and mayoral video content starting in spring 2017.

News Coverage

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Discoveries

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Expansion of Public Access

The city is actively responding to council inquiries to increase the visibility of the City Planning Commission through existing media infrastructure.

City Planning Commission City of Detroit

Connected Entities

locationCity of Detroit“The municipality implementing the programming changes.”Map →

organizationBudget, Finance and Audit Standing Committee“The committee to which this communication was referred.”Map →

otherChannel 10“The existing channel that will host City Planning Commission meetings.”Map →

organizationCity Planning Commission“The body whose meetings will now be recorded and broadcast.”Map →

otherChannel 21“The new channel that will host departmental and mayoral videos.”Map →

Sources

Open source document

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