Using the Access Center

2.1 Eligibility. Community Television of Knoxville is open to residents, non-profit organizations, and government agencies located in the City of Knoxville or Knox County. All producers are required to have a photocopy of their current Tennessee Drivers License on file. Notwithstanding the requirement that all producers be residents of Knox County, CTV will allow out-of-county residents who subscribe to a Knox County based cable television provider to be producers. The total number of out-of-county producers shall not exceed five percent (5%) of total producer base. CTV may require documentation that the out-of-county producer receives service from a Knox County based cable television provider.

An annual access fee is required of the Executive Producer as well as all crewmembers that operate any CTV equipment. Non-profit organizations will not be required to pay access fees for more than 10 people.

All Executive Producers (persons accepting responsibility for the content of a program) must be at least 18 years of age. However, members of the production crew can be of any age as long as they can operate the equipment effectively. Anyone checking out equipment (such as a portable camera) must be at least 18 years old. If a person under the age of 18 has had the workshop and wants to check out equipment, an adult must sign the contract for use of CTV portable equipment accepting financial responsibility for the equipment.

2.2 Relationship Between CTV and Producers. CTV is a private non-profit corporation. Producers are not agents or employees of CTV. They are independent producers and create programming for themselves or the organization they represent. At no time may any individual or organization identify himself or herself as an employee or agent of CTV unless hired by CTV. CTV exercises no control, beyond these policies, over production activities by producers except when members have been recruited by CTV to crew productions that are specifically coordinated by CTV. Producers must not identify their production efforts as being "for CTV." Rather, producers should indicate that their programs "will be seen on CTV."

2.3 Addressing the Board of Directors. Persons must notify the Board in advance of their intention to be heard. Persons wishing to address the board will be heard at the end of the scheduled board meeting, unless they are speaking to a specific agenda item.