Ithaca College Television


Ithaca College Television is Ithaca College's student television channel. Founded in 1958 as the first student-run cable television station, ICTV provides original, student-produced programming to approximately 26,000 households in Tompkins County, New York through Spectrum Cable. Additionally, ICTV offers a livestream of its programming on its website, ICTV.org, along with on-demand episodes from past and present shows.
ICTV cablecasts on Spectrum cable, though it previously was through Time Warner. The channel programs twelve-week seasons during the fall and spring semesters, Sundays through Thursdays from 6:30pm-11pm. When ICTV is not broadcasting original content, a live view of Cayuga Lake is transmitted and VIC Radio is played.
Ithaca College Television was created to provide community-oriented public affairs and entertainment programming to the Ithaca-area cable audience. It also is the only source of local news for Tompkins County, since the closest news station is Syracuse. Since all programming on ICTV is almost all student-initiated, so any semester’s productions depend upon the interests of the active participants. Currently, ICTV has five branches of programming - News, Sports, Entertainment, Game Shows, Original Series, and Podcasts. Re-introduced to ICTV in Spring 2014, Special Projects focuses on bringing live and non-traditional programming to ICTV. Projects include event coverage, student films, and extended sports, news packages, and more. Any show that goes on ICTV is being completely produced and run by students. ICTV Shorts can now be found under Original Series. Though it varies from semester to semester, each ICTV semester features between 20 and 26 shows, and over 400 participants.

Current Programming

ICTV currently has the following television programs in production:
A late night talk show, currently hosted by Ryan Schleifman. Topics include pop culture, current events, guest interviews and performer showcases.
Sports show covering Cornell College's men's and women's ice hockey teams, including highlights, analysis and interviews.
Live coverage and panel analysis of Ithaca College home game sports events, including football and basketball.
A show presenting you with the latest in all things entertainment
Competitive game show which challenges contestants to guess which stories are true and which are false in order to claim the prize.
Primarily a news show, centered around video game, movie, and comic reviews, as well as all things geek culture.
Live sports debate show. Panelists discuss recent collegiate and professional sports, then viewers vote on who won and will return for the next episode.
News program covering local news for Ithaca and all of Tomkins County. Newswatch is the only local news program in the area.
Contestant teams in this game show must guess what is being drawn to compete for points and win the game.
Local sports coverage, reporting stories on Cornell and Ithaca College sports as well as Tomkins County high school sports.
Behind-the-scenes of Ithaca College student filmmaking. Includes student film news, cast and crew interviews and more.
Movie review show. Each week two critique and give their grades to recently released Hollywood films, as well as give their DVD recommendations.
Satirizing and educating on current events and politics.
Staying up to date with the latest events in Ithaca in a talk show style
Current ICTV Podcasts include:
ICTV's archives hold fifty plus years of original ICTV programs, some of which can be found on ICTV's website. Listed below are some notable programs from ICTV's past:

"Ivy"

Based on the hit MTV shows Laguna Beach and The Hills, IVY was the most recent show to gain significant attention at ICTV. The new comedy was the first ICTV show to take place entirely at Cornell University. Praised for its unique visual design and effective parody of reality TV-style shows, IVY became a major hit not only at Ithaca College and Cornell University, but throughout the entire Ivy League as well. After the first season premiered, Ivy was recognized on several blogs, and The Cornell Daily Sun wrote an article about the show.

"The Race"

One show that generated excitement outside of the Ithaca community was The Race, a reality series inspired by the hit CBS show, The Amazing Race. The Race won several awards and was recognized on various reality TV websites and blogs. It aired for two seasons in 2007.

Awards

Throughout its history, ICTV has won many awards. Some of the station's most notable wins are:
2012
BEA Festival of Media Arts: Student Video Awards'' Las Vegas, NV – April 2012
Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence, 2012
2011
The Collegiate Broadcasters Inc. 2011 National Student Production Awards, Orlando, FL – October 2011
Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Providence, RI – March 2011
2010
2009
The Collegiate Broadcasters Inc. 2009 National Student Production Awards
Education Campus Television Administrators 2009
New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association Awards – College Television Competition