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butv10 is a Student television station
Student television station
A student television station is a television station run by university, high or middle school students that primarily airs school/university news and in many cases, student-produced soap operas, entertainment shows, and other programming....

 on cable TV on the campus of Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...

, seen on campus on cable channel 10. It produces original content for and by students, as well as alumni and faculty members. During the summer, its facilities are used by the college's Academy of Media Production. The station operates and is supported by the Boston University College of Communication
Boston University College of Communication
Boston University's College of Communication was founded on May 27, 1947, then called the School of Public Relations. Since 1947, the college has gone through many changes in both name and location Boston University's College of Communication was founded on May 27, 1947, then called the School of...

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Produced by butv10

  • Bay State
    Bay State (TV series)
    Bay State is an ongoing television series broadcast on butv10 on the Boston University campus. Originated in 1991 by creators Delaina Dixon and Tom Rotolo, Bay State is the longest-running continuously-produced student soap opera in the United States...

    - Longest-running college soap opera
    Soap opera
    A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

     originated in 1991.
  • BU Tonight
    BU Tonight
    BU Tonight is a late-night talk show that airs on butv10, Boston University's student-run television network. It is currently hosted by Julian Glander, who succeeded previous hosts Rob Turbovsky, Christian Lynch and Rob O'Reilly, and first aired on the network on February 22, 2006...

    - Late night talk show.
  • Co-Ed - Mockumentary
    Mockumentary
    A mockumentary , is a type of film or television show in which fictitious events are presented in documentary format. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues by using a fictitious setting, or to parody the documentary form itself...

    -style sitcom about three boys and three girls living in an apartment together.
  • Full Circle - University-related interviews and performances.
  • Inside Boston
    Inside Boston
    Inside Boston is a student-run news magazine program that airs on Boston University's student-run television channel, butv10. The show covers news throughout Boston and Boston University...

    - News magazine.
  • Live at BU Central
  • The Morning After
  • Movie Reviews
  • Offsides - Sports talk show.
  • On That Point
    On That Point
    On That Point is a political debate show broadcast on Boston University's butv10. It began as a pet project of undergraduate student Neil St. Clair in the Spring 2006 semester and became a bi-weekly program by the Fall 2006 semester, amassing a full production crew and garnering front-page...

    - Round table debate show covering politics and culture.
  • Redstone Showcase - Films featured in the Redstone Film Festival.
  • Shadows
    Shadows (butv series)
    Shadows, produced by Growling Dog Productions for butv10 at Boston University, is an ongoing episodic television series with a gothic science fiction theme. Created in 1995 by David Kalbeitzer and Pilar Flynn, this sci-fi/supernatural thriller is one of Growling Dog's flagship programs, the others...

    - Sci-fi/supernatural drama.
  • Terrier Nation - Terrier sports highlights. This SportsCenter
    SportsCenter
    SportsCenter is a daily sports news television show, and the flagship program of American cable network ESPN since the network launched on September 7, 1979. Originally broadcast only daily, SportsCenter is now shown up to twelve times a day, replaying the day's scores and highlights from major...

    -style show covers everything Terrier related from ice hockey at Agganis Arena
    Agganis Arena
    Agganis Arena is a 7,200-seat multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on the campus of Boston University. It is named after Harry Agganis, an outstanding football and baseball athlete for BU and the Boston Red Sox. He died at the age of 26, from a massive pulmonary embolism...

     to soccer at Nickerson Field
    Nickerson Field
    Nickerson Field is a stadium on the site of Braves Field, in Boston, Massachusetts, the former home of the National League Boston Braves baseball team which is now located in Atlanta...

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  • The Wire - butv10's daily news wire; also webcasts at http://www.butv10.com/thewire
  • Warren Towers - A documentary-style comedy about BU dorm life.
  • Pop Showdown - Game show featuring trivia about music, movies, TV, pop culture, and BU related trivia.
  • Welcome Back, Brotter - A single-cam, multi-style sitcom about college losers.

Awards and recognition

butv10 received Telly Awards in 2008, 2009, and 2010. The butv10 website, www.butv10.com was nominated for a Webby Award in 2009.

External links

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