BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn Launches Intersect, A New Public Affairs Program on Brooklyn Independent Television
December 29, 2009
BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn launches its newest Brooklyn Independent Television (BIT) program: Intersect. Premiering January 4th, Intersect will serve as a forum where Brooklyn’s “issues and ideas meet.” It will be cablecast as part of the BIT lineup on the BCAT TV Network, the community media network of BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn and will replace the bi-monthly public affairs show Reporter Roundtable.
Hosted by longtime BIT reporter Brian Vines and produced by Ron Dodd and Lauren Moraski, Intersect will feature guest panelists representing Brooklyn community activists, political leaders, business owners, residents, and journalists. Panelists will weigh in on topics important to the people of Brooklyn and beyond. Viewers can expect a lively discussion representing all sides of an issue, as well as firsthand insight into the impact these issues have on the people of Brooklyn.
“We’re not talking sound bites here,” says Greg Sutton, Executive Producer for the BCAT TV Network and Director of Community Media. “It’s rare for media outlets to devote the time needed to really dissect issues that affect our community. These issues demand our attention and on Intersect, we’re going to talk about them with the Brooklynites who are at the center of the debate.”
Sutton adds, “One of the goals of Brooklyn Independent Television is to give our viewers the tools they need to live their lives better in the borough. Intersect is yet another way we’re accomplishing this goal.”
Intersect will premiere on Monday, January 4th at 9:30pm on Time Warner 56, Cablevision 69, RCN 84 and in all five boroughs on Verizon 44. Re-airings will occur Mondays and Thursdays at 1:30pm & 9:30pm. Episodes of Intersect can be found online at bricartsmedia.org/bit
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BRIC’s community media program offers affordable media facilities, equipment and education as well as Brooklyn-focused television programming to Brooklyn residents through the BCAT Media Center; the Brooklyn Center for Media Education, and the BCAT TV Network with its three programming initiatives: Brooklyn Independent Television (BIT), the community-produced Brooklyn Free Speech TV and the Brooklyn Bulletin Board, a 24/7 looping community announcement service used by over 2,000 Brooklyn non-profits. The BCAT TV Network’s programming is cablecast into the homes of 485,000 Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, RCN and Verizon subscribers throughout Brooklyn and streamed online to reach viewers all over the world.
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