Telecommunications Video System

Telecommunications Video System (TVS) is located in the Moakley Center (MKC-110). The creative team is composed of professional and student staff, interns and a graduate assistant. They produce many video based projects for the university and its constituents, thereby creating a media-enriched campus focused on the university's strategic priorities. Productions include field and studio work for broadcast and cable TV, as well as for the web and special events. The multi-award honored group also supports the campus' video infrastructure.

Members of the campus community can request production assistance by completing an IT Project Request form. Please provide a minimum of two weeks notice. It is not always possible to honor all requests due to staffing and logistical limitations. In many cases, needs may be fulfilled by borrowing a video camera from Media Services at the Maxwell Library.

Some of the programs developed and/or produced by TVS include:

• Distinguished Speaker Series
• SGA meetings (video documentation and Web playback)
• Hall of Black Achievement
• Canadian Speaker's Distinguished Series (formatted for distribution by TD Bank).
• Children's Development Clinic Guest Lecturer Series
• Chairmen's Dinner featured video
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration event video
• Winter, Graduate and Spring Commencements
• Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies
• Walk Down Memory Lane - members of the 50th reunion alumni recall their campus memories
• Glenn Miller Lecture in Asian Studies
• Faculty Fridays
• Dormet Dining
• Dormet Fitness
• iWitness - web videos
• Commonwealth Politics
• School Talk with Nadjia Varney

TVS works closely with the following offices in the production of promotional, educational and archival projects:

• Dr. Edward W. Minnock Center for International Engagement
• Office of the President
• Office for Institutional Advancement
• Office of External Affairs
• School of Graduate Studies
• Alumni Affairs
• Office of University Advancement
• Office of Institutional Diversity
• Center for Legislative Studies

Various programs produced by the team are available via:

• Podcasts
• Internet
• Satellite - research channel
• UStream
• YouTube
• Cable TV - all the Massachusetts Comcast cable communities and providers carrying Rhode Island PBS.
• On-air broadcasts covering Rhode Island, Southeastern Massachusetts, the Cape and the Islands.

The writing, directing, videography and production values of TVS have been recognized and honored by local, national and international judging.

• Academic Achievement Award (multiple)
• The American In-house Design Award
• The Aurora Awards
• The AVA Digital Awards
• The Communicator Awards (multiple)
• The Davey Awards
• Drive Award - Safety
• Hermes Creative Award (multiple)
• The Pixie Awards
• The Telly Awards (multiple)
• The Videographer Awards (multiple)