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The MATV facility is centrally located in downtown Malden
at 145 Pleasant Street.
The main floor is wheelchair accessible and all programs and activities
can be provided on this floor to our physically handicapped patrons.
Full front windows allow a view for passers-by into the front lobby,
master control and the main studio - often busy day and night with
community TV productions, classes, and meetings.
Besides
our staff offices and front lobby, the 7200 square foot facility
now includes our recently converted main hallway which has
been renamed The MATV Art Gallery
and a recently remodeled and re-tooled --- Studio A.
Studio A
After extensive planning, equipment upgrades and rewiring,
Studio A was reopened in December 2003 as an all-digital main studio
along with Master Control. This was the largest single project taken on
by MATV and was funded primarily from an equipment
grant provided by COMCAST as part of the cable TV franchise agreement with the City of Malden and with the support of the Office
of Mayor Richard C. Howard.
The new Studio A features a three-camera studio, & control room
with a new fully appointed professional audio mixing board, a Ross
digital special effects generator, Inscriber character generator,
miniDV tape decks, analog SVHS tape decks, and a DVD burner.
In
Studio A, MATV producers and community members with proper training
can easily integrate LIVE telephone calls, Chroma-Key (tm)
effects and other digital and 3D effects, and can record shows directly
to DVD.
Classes in Studio Production are ongoing, but can also be scheduled on-demand.
Master Control now gives MATV the ability for more accurate and
expanded automatic playback of programming 24 hours per day over
channels 3, 15, 16 for
subscribers of cable TV service from COMCAST. Programming formats
now include DVD, mini-DV videotape as well as S-VHS & VHS
videotape. Master control also includes new computers that run
electronic bulletin boards with critical community information and news
over the public access channel (3),
educatiuonal access channel (15) and the government access channel (16)
all 24 hours per day and in-between programming.
The
main floor includes 5 editing workstations - two of which are
housed in MATV's Youth Channel
office and are primarily reserved for
students of all ages, enrolled in one or another of MATV's youth
classes. Both are eMac G4's fullu loaded and a dual DV/SVHS deck for
importing and exporting.
Edit Suite One has 2 digital edit workstations: 1 eMac-G4 and a Power Mac-G4 - both with
iMovie and Final Cut Pro software packages, dual DV/SVHS import/export
decks and the latest in Apple's Garage Band and iPhoto software and
Adobe Photoshop.
Edit Suite Two - Enhanced analog editing, utilizing JVC S-VHS
decks, Panasonic
MX-50 mixer, Panasonic AG-A850 Controller, PC computers running
SCALA Info
Channel Designer multimedia software, and Shure audio mixers.
One
computer is available in the front lobby for
free, walk-in use by any member of the public for web surfing, email,
or other word processing task, as neede - but members and the public
are invited to visit the free Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square if you
need regular access to to a computer with internet access.
The
lower level includes staff offices, prop and set storage and a
very recently remodeled and updated Studio B.
Studio
B today is more easily operated
by a small crew and is used for MATV's new weekly series of rotating
programs: "Monday Night Live". Studio B is now easier than ever to
operate and integrate phone calls, videotape features, and more.
Additionally, MATV offers an array of multi-media technology that is
well-maintained and accessible to the entire community on a first come,
first served basis.
Portable Equipment
2 - Panasonic 456 analog camcorders (S-VHS/VHS tape)
3 - Sony VX-2000 digital camcorders (DV tape)
2 - Canon ZR-45/50 digital camcorders (DV tape)
2 - Apple iBooks with iMovie, Adobe Photoshop
2-camera portable switcher w/ monitors
Tripods, microphones, video monitors, lighitng kits, and accessories
Malden Government Center Studio
- MATV maintains and operates this studio to cablecast public meetings
held in the Herbert Jackson Chambers of City Hall. This set-up utilizes
(4) Parker Vision system remote-operated robotic cameras, JVC KM2500
Special Effects Generator, 12-input Tascam audio mixer, (2) JVC S-VHS
edit decks, and PC computer
running SCALA Info Channel Designer multimedia software.
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