Harvard Undergraduate Television

Harvard Undergraduate Television (HUTV) was a Harvard College student television station broadcasting to the Internet between 2009 and 2013.

Harvard Undergraduate Television (HUT V)
TypeInternet television network
Country
AvailabilityOnline, internationally
Key people
Derek Flanzraich, Eric Paternot, Emily Brodsky, Maxwell Whittington-Cooper
Launch date
1975 (as "Harvard-Radcliffe Film Workshop")
Former names
Harvard-Radcliffe Film Workshop (1975–1992)
Harvard-Radcliffe Television (1992–2009)
Official website
www.hutvnetwork.com

HUTV carried original, student-produced content from eleven shows[1] and from individual Harvard students.[2] HUTV shows included Ivory Tower, On Harvard Time (an award-winning comedy news show[3]), and video reports by The Harvard Crimson (Harvard's daily student newspaper).[4] The network had a full production studio and post-production editing facilities in Pforzheimer House, a Harvard dormitory.[5] HUTV last updated its programming and website in 2013, and is now defunct.[6]

HUTV, under the guidance of co-President Derek Flanzraich, replaced then-defunct Harvard-Radcliffe Television (HRTV) on April 6, 2009,[7] inheriting HRTV's shows and staff.[5]

History

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Harvard-Radcliffe Film Workshop (HRFW)

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In 1975, Bob Doyle who was then working as a research fellow in Harvard's Department of Visual and Environmental Studies, founded the Harvard-Radcliffe Film Workshop (HRFW), which offered filmmaking instruction and film screenings in the Morse Music Library in the basement of Pforzheimer House, which was then known as North House.[8]

In the 1980s, Doyle helped form the Desktop Video Group to "support undergraduate video production and television distribution" at Brown and Harvard Universities.[9]

Harvard-Radcliffe Television (HRTV)

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The HRTV logo

In 1992, Emily Brodsky founded Harvard-Radcliffe Television (HRTV).[8] That same year, Ivory Tower, the Ivy League's oldest soap opera, became one of HRTV's first shows.[10]

Until 1996, HRTV's shows were edited using Desktop Video Group equipment. In 1996, the Morse Music Library, which had previously been the site of HRFW's instruction sessions and film screenings, was re-organized into a television studio for HRTV, overseen by Doyle and aided financially by Pforzheimer House.[8]

In its early years, HRTV screened its shows in dormitory common rooms and dining halls,[8] as well as on various Cambridge Public-access television cable TV channels.[11][12][13] In 2006, HRTV began posting all of its shows exclusively online, though episodes of Ivory Tower had been posted online before then.[14]

Several prominent Harvard alumni in the film and television industries have been members of the HRTV Honorary Board of Advisers, including Matt Damon, Conan O'Brien, Mira Sorvino, Jack Lemmon, Elisabeth Shue, and John Lithgow.[8]

Harvard Undergraduate Television (HUTV)

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On April 6, 2009, HRTV relaunched as Harvard Undergraduate Television, under the direction of co-president Derek Flanzraich.[5] The transformation included a new website and a short promotional video featuring Harvard professor and prominent psychologist Steven Pinker smashing a television and telling viewers to "get with the times" by watching television online.[15]

Current Shows

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HUTV Productions

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HUTV currently produces eight shows.[16]

Content Partners

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HUTV also currently features three "content partners" on its site.[16] These shows are not produced by HUTV staff, but according to HUTV's website "HUTV distributes their content as part of [their] mission to connect media groups on the Harvard campus."[33]

References

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  1. ^ Shows at HUTV's site. Retrieved on 2009-04-17.
  2. ^ Videos at HUTV's site. Retrieved on 2009-04-17.
  3. ^ a b 2008-12-29. "OHT Wins Pan-Ivy Recognition!." The On Harvard Time Blog. Retrieved on 2009-04-17.
  4. ^ The Harvard Crimson Videos Archived 2009-04-13 at the Wayback Machine at HUTV's site. Retrieved on 2009-04-17.
  5. ^ a b c Shen, Brian (2009-03-16). "Inside the vision to reinvent Harvard's television". The Harvard Voice. Retrieved on 2009-04-17.
  6. ^ Shows at HUTV's site. Retrieved on 2009-04-17.
  7. ^ 2009-04-06. "HUTV Launches New (Sexy) Web Site." The Harvard Crimson's FlyByBlog. Retrieved on 2009-04-17.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g Harvard-Radcliffe Television (HRTV) at Desktop Video Group. Retrieved on 2009-04-17.
  9. ^ Home page at Desktop Video Group. Retrieved on 2009-04-21.
  10. ^ a b Estes, Adam Clark (2009-01-13). "The Birth, Death, and Soggy Afterlife of Ivy Soaps." IvyGate Blog. Retrieved on 2009-04-17.
  11. ^ Gootman, Elissa T. (1993-02-23). "Harvard Soap Opera To Premiere in April." The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved on 2009-04-17.
  12. ^ Isa, Margaret (1993-10-27). "Locals Access TV Station". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved on 2009-04-17.
  13. ^ Neyfakh, Leon (2003-11-07). "Selling Ivory Soap." The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved on 2009-04-17.
  14. ^ Zamcheck, Abraham M. (2006-03-10). "HRTV Shows Off New Website." The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved on 2009-05-23.
  15. ^ HUTV Promo Video Archived 2009-04-10 at the Wayback Machine at HUTV's site. Retrieved on 2009-04-17.
  16. ^ a b Home page on HUTV's site. Retrieved on 2009-04-18.
  17. ^ About Ivory Tower Archived 2011-02-20 at the Wayback Machine at HUTV's site. Retrieved on 2009-04-17.
  18. ^ Zamcheck, Abraham M. (2006-03-10). "HRTV Shows Off New Website." The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved on 2009-04-18.
  19. ^ "About Respectably French Archived 2011-04-01 at the Wayback Machine" at HUTV's site. Retrieved on 2009-04-19.
  20. ^ "Celebrity Endorsements and Interviews" at Respectably French's site. Retrieved on 2009-04-19.
  21. ^ "About On Harvard Time Archived 2011-02-24 at the Wayback Machine" at HUTV's site. Retrieved on 2009-04-19.
  22. ^ "All On Harvard Time Videos Archived 2011-02-18 at the Wayback Machine" at HUTV's site. Retrieved on 2009-04-19.
  23. ^ Drago, Samantha F. (2008-10-01). "Comedy on Harvard’s Terms: A look into HRTV’s most popular show." The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved on 2010-05-08.
  24. ^ About Crimson Edition Archived 2011-07-12 at the Wayback Machine at HUTV's site. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
  25. ^ "All Crimson Edition Videos Archived 2011-07-12 at the Wayback Machine" at HUTV's site. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
  26. ^ "About HUTV News Archived 2009-11-06 at the Wayback Machine" at HUTV's site. Retrieved on 2009-04-19.
  27. ^ Opening animation of "Going Green" video on YouTube. Retrieved on 2009-04-19.
  28. ^ "About the Hooligans Archived 2009-04-20 at the Wayback Machine" at the Harvard Hooligans blog. Retrieved on 2009-04-19.
  29. ^ "All Harvard Hooligans Videos Archived 2011-07-12 at the Wayback Machine" at HUTV's site. Retrieved on 2009-04-19.
  30. ^ Jain, Niha S. (2008-10-27). "HRTV To Spark ‘Love At Harvard’." The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved on 2009-04-19.
  31. ^ An H-Biz Tonight video Archived 2009-11-05 at the Wayback Machine from 2008-12-08 at HUTV's site. Retrieved on 2009-04-19.
  32. ^ "About H-Biz Tonight Archived 2009-11-05 at the Wayback Machine" at HUTV's site. Retrieved on 2009-04-19.
  33. ^ Help/FAQ at HUTV's site. Retrieved on 2009-04-18.
  34. ^ Child, Maxwell L. (2009-03-16). "Okay, but seriously, what is Sorrento?". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved on 2009-04-19.
  35. ^ "About UCTV Archived 2011-07-12 at the Wayback Machine" at HUTV's site. Retrieved on 2009-04-19.
  36. ^ "Harvard UCTV April 16, 2009" video Archived November 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine at HUTV's site. Retrieved on 2009-04-19.
  37. ^ "About The Yard Archived 2011-07-12 at the Wayback Machine" at HUTV's site. Retrieved on 2009-05-24.
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