Kent Television

Television channel

KTV
Ownership
KTV Logo (2012–2017)
Country	United Kingdom
Affiliates	NaSTA
Owner	University of Kent students
History
Launched	2012 (2012)

Kent Television (KTV) is the student-led television society at the University of Kent, Canterbury and is a media division of the university's student union, Kent Union.^[1] KTV was founded in May 2012 and within its first year has gone on to win 3 awards at NaSTA 2013, worked with the SU (Kent Union) and the university to gain a new Student Media Centre on the university campus and hit over 125,000 views on its YouTube Channel. Currently the channel has 250,000 views and over 700 subscribers, along with an additional 2 more awards at NaSTA 2015.

History

KTV was founded by Robert Linton and David Horler early 2012. Initially, it was set up because they both found there was no society on campus that just let people go out and film things and make shows/films. With the help of Kent Union and Mel Lewis (Student Media Manager 2011 – 2013) KTV became a society in April 2012, and the first video was uploaded on 17 May 2012 and can be found here. At the end of the 2011/12 academic year KTV had also covered both of the big music festivals on campus Keynestock and the Kent Union Summerball.

2012/13

At the beginning of the 2012/13 academic year KTV launched with a massive freshers campaign on-line and on-campus, by having a huge presence on Facebook and Twitter and recording freshers shows outside in the centre of campus for all to see. Still a new society, though making its first steps to Student Media status, this method was used to gain view, followers, subscribers and likes but also to gain a new membership. The membership was around 12 at the end of the last term but grew to around 40 within the first few weeks of term, and as of March 2013 the membership stands at exactly 50.

During this year KTV covered many event at the university including Varsity and the Union Elections. Both of these events were broadcast live to a large audience, utilising the JANET System.

KTV also hosted and organised a charity event alongside CSR 97.4FM (Canterbury Student Radio) and InQuire (UKC Student Newspaper) entitled Going Live for Catching Lives, shortened to Awakefor48. This was a 48hr live student media marathon in which both the radio station and KTV simultaneously went live for 48 hours to raise money for a local homeless charity, Catching Lives. This event brought together all three student media groups, and was our first ever live broadcast, raising over £1500.

Although throughout the year KTV covered many events they did start producing some original content, such as KTV Cookbook, KTV News, Second Choice (sitcom written by KTV Members) and a series of short features for Christmas 2012.

KTV also joined the National Student Television Association (NaSTA) and at the 2013 awards and conference hosted by XTV they won 3 awards.

In the Summer Term KTV returned to Keynestock (UKC Music Festival) and broadcast the whole 9 hour music festival live.

Committee 2012/13
Station Manager	Robert Linton
Creative Director	David Horler
Technical Manager	Alex Pettitt
Marketing Manager	Lora Webb
Head of News	Alec Cockram
Head of Sport	Tom Edgerton
Head of Music	Cambel McLaughlin
Head of Drama	Olivia Worthington
Head of Entertainment	Alison Clare
Society Liaison Officer	Daisy Steinberg
Graphic Designer	Alfie Woodland

2013/14

For the academic year 2013/14 KTV moved to a new student media centre on campus at the university. A new committee structure was also implemented and they were elected in May 2013.

During the first term KTV saw a massive increase in membership numbers and therefore an increase in content. During 2012/13 KTV produced 100 videos over the year however in the year 2013/14 KTV produced over 140 videos within 9 months.

In 2014, KTV branched out into producing short films and dramas through a newly formed section of student media: KTV Drama. These included First Draft, A Dream for the Dead, Encryption and Beat to Windward. These productions have been very successful in terms of engaging members and a new audiences.

KTV has also expanded its live broadcast capability and therefore KTV has seen an increase in live broadcasts. In 2015, KTV hosted and broadcast the Kent Union Leadership Elections Candidate Question Time, in which over three nights KTV questioned all the potential sabbatical officers and opened it up to the world by allowing questions from social media. Overall the coverage reached over 5,000 people across the world.

Committee 2013/14
Station Manager	Robert Linton
Technical Manager	Alec Cockram
Programming Manager	Barnaby Chadwick
Communications Manager	Jon Tarrant
Production Supervisor	Kate Reader
Live Broadcast Supervisor	Moritz Hochberg
Events Supervisor	Jon Tarrant
Social Media Supervisor	Daisy Steinberg
Graphics Supervisor	Jonny Williams
Director of Photography	Tom Turner

2014/15

Committee 2014/15
Station Manager	Barnaby Chadwick
Technical Manager	Rylie Trott
Programming Manager	Tom Turner
Communications Manager	Jonny Williams

2015/16

Executive Committee 2015/16
Station Manager	Noor Franssen
Technical Manager	Faisal Tannir
Programming Manager	Tom Russell
Communications Manager	Kathleen Plumridge

2016/17

Committee 2016/17
Station Manager	Annie Pilnik
Programming Manager	George Styles
Technical Manager	Mark Simmonite
Communications Manager	Alayna Marsh
Drama Coordinator	Beth Matthews
News Coordinator	Matthew Hudson
Entertainment Coordinator	Liam Mair
Events Supervisor	Julianna Stobel
Social Media Supervisor	Chloe Burke
Training and Development Supervisor	Francis Consorte-McCrea

2017/18

Committee 2017/18
Station Manager	Beth Matthews
Programming Manager	Adam Doogan
Communications Manager	Maisie Golding
Drama Coordinator	Callum Abraham
News Coordinator	Elena Moressi
Entertainment Coordinator	Eddie Thomas
Sports Coordinator	Nick Gardener
Campaigns Manager	Tyler Hamblin
Technical Supervisor	Kausar Uddin

2018/19

Committee 2018/19
Station Manager	Tyler Hamblin
Deputy Station Manager	Josh Samuels
Communications Manager	Maryam Ali
Technical Manager	Maisie Golding
Drama Coordinator	Amelia Mundy
News Coordinator	Ogo Anokwuru
Entertainment Coordinator	Kirby Talines
Sports Coordinator	Pati Zarzycka
Medway Coordinator	Selsabil Beloued
Distributions Manager	Eddie Thomas
Events Supervisor	Noor Issa
Social Media Supervisor & Technical Supervisor	Preena Dodhia
Graphics Manager	Iris Perovic

2019/20

Committee 2019/20
Station Manager	Iris Perovic
Technical Manager	Ryan Mylum
Communications Manager	Max Bangemann
Head of Film	Amelia Mundy
Head of News	Amitesh Das
Head of Sports	Alex Tuckey
Head of Medway	Ayomikun Adekaiyero
Head of Graphics	Trisha Evans-Lutterodt
Distributions Manager	Jemma Hartnett
Technical Supervisor	Andreea Secara
Social Media Supervisor and Social Secretary	Becky Greenwood

2022/23

Committee 22/23
Station Manager	Alex Newe
Head of Film	Eliott Waring
Head of Entertainment	William Player
Technical Supervisor	Joey Quan
Social Media Supervisor and Social Secretary	Erin Manning
Head of Editing	Eddie Saunders
Deputy of Film	Jonathan Butler
Deputy of Entertainment	Cole Laing

Alex Newe (Station Manager) and William Player (Head of Entertainment)

2022/23

Committee 23/24
Station Manager	William Player
Co-Head of Film	Harry Brown
Co-Head of Film	Cole Laing
Head of Entertainment	Louis Dunlop-Marriot
Head of Tech	Aaron Qureshi
Marketing and Well-being Officer	Erin Manning
Head of Editing	Faith Zammit

Awards

NaSTA Awards

Year	Winners	Highly Commended	Shortlisted
2013	Best Ident Best Animation	Freshers Coverage	Best Technical
2015	Best Title Sequence Best Cinematography	-	-
2016	-	Best Writing	-
2018	Station Marketing	Best Light Entertainment	-
2019	JISC Special Recognition Best Dramatic Performance	Best Light Entertainment Best Drama	-
2023	Best Drama	-	Best Cinematography Best Dramatic Performance Best News and Current Affairs