User:The Pharmekon/SX:TV

SX:TV is the official Essex University student television station. SX:TV is a newly branded station that started up in 2008. The brand is now running in it's second consecutive year under new management. It functions as a media outlet for students of the university.

History
The University of Essex has had a media channel since 2003. It began as UTV meaning to be 'your' tv but the station petered out due to inactivity. Then a relaunch was attempted in the academic year 2005-06 where the station was called R:TV meaning Red/Rabbit television. The station established itself as an official structure but it lacked acquaintance with it's viewers. The final and successful relaunch of the station occured in the academic year 2008-09 when the station was branded as it is today as SX:TV. SX:TV means many things to many people some of the obvious ones being Essex and Sex. The station as an organisation has moved on from the shaky starts to strong strides.

Development & Projects
SX:TV made it's debut at the NASTA awards this year. The station was nominated for awards in 5 categories. And with many successful and established stations competing, SX:TV managed to swoop an award for best ident. The SX:TV tiger ident can be viewed at www.sxtvonline.com

The SX:TV tiger is the one of many projects undertaken by SX:TV. Other projects include news features, live shows, music videos, filming acts from dj sets to bands to comedy nights. SX:TV also aims to capture major events happening on campus such as the student union elections and the summer ball. SX:TV is currently involved in producing programmes for next year as well as developing an independent website.

Management
The position of station manager is an annual term. Each year a new station manager is recruited and trained to fulfill his/her job role. SX:TV itself consists of a dedicated and experienced team that comes up with the ideas and scripts and furthermore the team independently directs, produces and edits it's own material.

{| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Brand ! Manager
 * 2003-04
 * UTV
 * 2005-06
 * R:TV
 * 2008-09
 * SX:TV
 * Ricardo Clarke
 * 2009-10
 * SX:TV
 * Prabhjit Bains
 * SX:TV
 * Ricardo Clarke
 * 2009-10
 * SX:TV
 * Prabhjit Bains
 * Prabhjit Bains