CalTV

CalTV is a student run online television station at University of California, Berkeley. Since its founding, CalTV has grown into one of the largest student run media organizations on the west coast. CalTV is a chartered organization of the Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC).

History
In the spring of 2005, Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) was able to allocate sufficient seed money to set up an online TV network.

Technology
CalTV uses standards compliant and customized content management system coupled with the YouTube's online video player. CalTV produces video content using a Canon 60D DSLR and Adobe Creative Cloud software running on Apple iMac G5.

Content
Seven different departments make up CalTV: four on-camera and three behind-the-scenes. They include:

On-Camera
 * News
 * Sports
 * Entertainment
 * Comedy

Behind-the-Scenes
 * Post-Production
 * Cinematography
 * Business/Advertising/Marketing (BAM)

At first, the station produced a single show focusing exclusively on news events (local, national and international) but produced in a citizen journalism style. The show featured brief backgrounds on stories introduced by CalTV journalists followed by opinion from Berkeley students and professors.

With time, CalTV's content expanded into sports, arts and entertainment. "The CalTV Sports Highlight" began in 2006 and included coverage of California football, baseball, and water polo. The semester of Spring 2007, "The CalTV Show", an off-beat news show featuring commentary on student issues, began airing. "The CalTV Show" has been renamed "The CalBear Report."

"Back and Forth", included in the CalTV sports programming, resembles ESPN's Pardon the Interruption and features banter on sports related topics. "Sports Shorts" features updates on recent teams in action, as well as interviews with students on Sproul Plaza. "Bear in Mind" covers off-the-field stories on student athletes and teams.

CalTV debuted its Entertainment programming in 2010 when the former Music Department officially changed its name to Entertainment.

Special events
CalTV has also been involved in the coverage of on-campus and off-campus special events. These events included exclusive interviews with such celebrities as:
 * Jesse Eisenberg
 * Andrew Garfield
 * Channing Tatum
 * Michael Moore
 * Danny Boyle
 * Morgan Spurlock
 * Ryan Reynolds
 * Chelsea Clinton
 * John C. Reilly
 * Jason Reitman
 * Roland Emmerich
 * Michel Gondry
 * Will Ferrell
 * Conan O'Brien
 * Adam Sandler
 * Woody Harrelson
 * David Schwimmer
 * Don Cheadle
 * Jerry Seinfeld
 * Regina King
 * Emile Hirsch
 * Viggo Mortensen
 * The cast of Hot Rod
 * The cast of Superbad
 * The cast of Comedy Central's Reno 911!
 * California First Lady Maria Shriver
 * Former CBS anchor Dan Rather
 * CNN Sr. Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta

Funding
CalTV has been financially supported by ASUC. CalTV also works with Big Ideas @ Berkeley, an initiative that provides funding, support, and encouragement to interdisciplinary teams at UC Berkeley. The station has also been exploring revenue generation through ads and promotional activities.

Footage
CalTV's footage has been featured on numerous media outlets including:
 * KTVU
 * Russia Today
 * Colbert Report
 * Rachel Maddow Blog

Alumni
CalTV Alumni have gone on the work in the media industry for companies such as:
 * Creative Artists Agency
 * William Morris Endeavor
 * International Creative Management
 * Pixar
 * Disney Animation
 * Focus Features
 * The Daily Show
 * Colbert Report
 * Microsoft
 * ABC
 * NBC
 * CBS
 * MSNBC
 * CNN
 * NPR
 * Pac-12 Network
 * Los Angeles Times

Recognition
CalTV has been recognized in local media. The Daily Cal, Berkeley's newspaper, has published articles on CalTV. The station has also gaining visibility in the Berkeley blogging community