Public Access Programming is programming which has been produced by the public. When the program is produced using SCTV facilities and equipment, it means that the production arrangements are made by the volunteer public access producers and the crew is primarily volunteer. In this instance, SCTV staff is largely there in an advisory capacity, to provide training, program proposal review, assistance in lining up crews, basic studio setup, and occasional crew assistance. When an access user brings in a prerecorded tape or cablecast, it is also considered public access. In both these instances, SCTV, by federal law, may not edit or control content.


You are ready to produce a program and you need all the stuff.  Here it is.  The forms and some training resources you can use.

Contact us for the training required to check out our gear to produce your show.  If your giving us programming for the public access channel we can supply you with all of the tools you need.
FORMS & DOCUMENTS
Video Format
File Type: MP4
Codec: H264 - MPEG-4 AVC
Frame rate: 29.97 frames/second
Target Bit rate: 10.00 Mbps
Frame width: 1920
Frame height: 1080

Audio Bit rate: 320 kbps
Channels: 2 (stereo)
Audio sample rate: 48 kHz
Thumbnail
File Type: JPG
Size: 1920px x 1080px
DPI: 96
Get us your content
We are working on the best way for you to get us your program. You can bring us a USB stick or give us a link to download your video from google drive.

Training Resources

*SCTV and the Town of Salem do not endorse any software listed below.
SONY CAMERAS

Sony z280
ALTERNATIVE SOFTWARE



Photoshop Alternatives: GIMP, Paint.net, Photopea
Premiere Alternatives: Shotcut, HitFilm, Davinci Resolve