City of Philadelphia - File #: 140921

• File #: 140921
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 11/13/2014
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 11/13/2014
• Title: Honoring and recognizing Charles Gregory of We Talk Philly, Raymond Lerro of Change Is, Inc. and Community Media Advocates for the launch of the first Annual Philly TV Festival to be held on Friday and Saturday, November 14-15, 2014 in the City of Philadelphia.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Neilson, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Squilla, Councilmember Oh, Councilmember O'Brien, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez, Councilmember Henon, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember O'Neill

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
11/13/2014	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass
11/13/2014	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED

Title
Honoring and recognizing Charles Gregory of We Talk Philly, Raymond Lerro of Change Is, Inc. and Community Media Advocates for the launch of the first Annual Philly TV Festival to be held on Friday and Saturday, November 14-15, 2014 in the City of Philadelphia.

Body
WHEREAS, The Philly TV Festival is a collaboration of Charles Gregory and Raymond Lerro and co-sponsored by Community Media Advocates and Philly Cam Television Studios to highlight multimedia artists and short filmmakers in Philadelphia; and

WHEREAS, Change Is, Inc. is a non-profit organization that aims to improve the social conditions and quality of life for Philadelphians using multimedia and video. Philly Cam is a non-profit organization established to produce and broadcast video content by the citizens of Philadelphia under the City's Cable Franchise Agreement; and

WHEREAS, The Public Access Channel established under the Cable Franchise Agreement, aims to produce video content for broadcast by and for Philadelphians. Community Media Advocates was formed by members of Philly Cam to assure and bolster the success the Public Access Channel; and

WHEREAS, The Philly TV Festival helps local producers of independent television and other short film artists hone their crafts, improve their program development and establish media distribution options for their work; and

WHEREAS, Through the Philly TV Festival, Philadelphia artists and filmmakers of short film media for television and the internet will have the opportunity to present their creative media for review and critique by industry professionals; and

WHEREAS, Speakers and panelists will be available to help local media makers improve their technical skills, marketing, funding and underwriting strategies for creative film projects; and

WHEREAS, The Philly TV Festival will provide opportunities for participants to learn about the latest trends in public access television and short films and about how technology is ch...