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The primary findings regarding PEG Access services, facilities, and equipment <br />are as follows. See Section III of this Executive Summary for recommendations <br />resulting from these findings. <br />• CTV North Suburbs (CTV) is a nonprofit organization established to manage and <br />develop PEG Access activities and programming on the Comcast cable system. CTV <br />and its producers have received over 40 national awards for its programs. CTV has <br />15 full -time staff (plus four part -time staff, as- needed contractors, and several interns) <br />that handle a variety of management, outreach, training, production, programming, <br />and promotional activities. <br />• About 90% of CTV's annual funding is provided by Comcast, in accordance with its <br />franchise obligations. CTV's other reported revenue sources more than doubled <br />between 2008 and 2010. <br />• An average of 117 hours per month of first -run locally - produced programming has <br />been presented on CTV channels 14 and 15 during the past three years. <br />• During the past three years, CTV reports that a total of 638 multiple- camera remote <br />field productions were created by their volunteers. <br />• Usage levels of the CTV equipment packages during the past three years were <br />very high. <br />• Many items in the CTV equipment inventory are over 10 years old. <br />• The equipment packages for the Council Chambers of the 10 member cities have a <br />wide range of quality and sophistication. Many equipment items in these packages <br />are also more than 10 years old. <br />• CTV and the Cities will need to upgrade much of its field production, editing, studio, <br />master control, and Council Chambers equipment. CTV's equipment should be <br />able to record and transmit programs in both standard and high definition formats. <br />vii <br />8 <br />