TOWN TOWN OF MADISON, NH - the Town of Madison

Madison TV Annual ReportIt has been another busy year for Madison TV. We have been very lucky to have no change in ourvideographer crew. I would publically like to thank all of them (Noreen, Emily and Tim) for theircontinued help. Madison TV could not exist without their hard work.It has also be a little unsettling with long term planning for the station with the ongoing situation withChannel 3 and the Town of Conway. It is my hope that in the coming months a long term plan can beworked out to the mutual benefit of the Town of Madison, the Town of Conway and all the other localcommunities that are currently watching the public access Channel 3. Ultimately it was decided thatwhatever the outcome of talks with Conway, Madison TV needed to continue to maintain our existingequipment and plan for the future.Our viewers may have notice a few problems with sound during the meetings. We are working hard ateliminating background noises, and improving the cameras and other hardware. We have now retiredmost of the old consumer level tape camcorders, and have made the leap to completely digital cameras.We are still using upper end consumer level cameras, but expect them to serve us well for the next fewyears.In trying to expand our level of service to the town’s people, this year we will start making all ourrecorded public meeting available via the internet. We have made the investment in equipment tostream the shows to the consumer, and expect to have the system operational shortly. Currently thereare many people in town that do not have access to the Time Warner cable system, and hence ourtaped shows. In the near future, all of the meeting will be able to been seen through the internet ondemand. If you don’t have access to the internet at home, you will be able to use the computer at thelibrary to gain access to our database. Remember to support our library was well.Madison TV receives its entire annual budget from a vote during town meeting. The basis of the fundingfigure that we use to for our budget is the monies that the town receives from the franchise feeattached to Time Warner’s cable bill to each of the town’s cable subscribers. No additional tax money isbeing used from the town. We have been able to successfully run the station on essentially a flat linebudget each year without any increases. We hope to be able to continue to do this in the future.93