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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA COMMUNICATION
AGENDA DATE:January 23, 2018
SUBJECT:

Recognition of Allen City Television (ACTV) for a Series of Awards from the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) and the Texas Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (TATOA).

STAFF RESOURCE:

Teresa Warren, Director of Public and Media Relations

Mark Kaufman, Executive Producer, ACTV




BACKGROUND

Allen City Television was recognized in 2017 at the National Association of Telecommunication Officers and Advisors (NATOA) Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington and the Texas Association of Telecommunication Officers and Advisors (TATOA) in San Antonio, Texas for several programming excellence awards. A list of the national and regional awards are provided below:

 

National Association of Telecommunication Officers and Advisors (NATOA)

 

First Place - Overall Programming Excellence (Operating Budget $250,000 to $500,000) First Place - Edited Event Coverage for On The Go Show: Arbor Day Celebration

First Place - Use of Humor for Great American Clean Up Promotion First Place - ACTV Bulletin Board

Second Place - Public Safety for Allen Fire Truck - How It's Made

Second Place - Community Awareness for #Kiddubs: Adoption is the Best Option

Second Place - Use of Humor for Allen, Texas History (According to Flula) Pt. 4 In The Beginning…

Second Place - Event/Program Promotion for Great American Clean Up

Third Place - Visual Arts for Allen, Texas History (According to Flula)

 

 Texas Association of Telecommunication Officers and Advisors (TATOA)

 

First Place - Overall Programming Excellence (Operating Budget Over $200,000)

First Place - Profile of an Organization/Department for City of Allen - A Lot to Like

First Place - Public Health/Public Safety for How It's Made: Fire Truck

First Place - Use of Humor for Allen, Texas History (according to Flula) Part 4 - In the Beginning

First Place - Partnership Production for The Dinosaur Company

Second Place - PSA for Fight the Bite

Third Place - Special Audience for Work of Art - Teen Art ATAC!

Third Place - Magazine Format Series for Take 5

 

ACTV can be watched on Spectrum 16, AT&T U-verse 99, Frontier 15, Grande 15  or with live streaming or video on demand at www.allentv.org. Or visit and subscribe to ACTV's You Tube channel www.youtube.com/allencitytv.