Launched 2007 (2007) Affiliates NaSTA Website www.susu.tv | Broadcast area Worldwide (online) Headquarters Southampton, UK | |
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Owned by University of Southampton Students' Union | ||
SUSUtv, a contraction of Southampton University Students' Union Television, is a student television station that serves the student population of the University of Southampton. The station was formed in 2007 and is a part of the University of Southampton Students' Union (Us.). The station was the first student television station to broadcast in HD for their 2010 sabbatical elections special.
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The station produces programmes from many different genres, main programmes include their SUSU Elections Night Live coverage, SUSUtv News Updates, Performing Arts Update and various other special event programmes. The station shows their videos through their website and on YouTube, using YouTube's video player and a, Inqb8r flash player.
History
The origins of SUSUtv began when the idea was originally submitted in 2001 but was rejected at the time. The idea resurfaced in 2006 when the union began to start producing video for their website. As a result, SUSUtv was formed in 2007 so that students could make these ever more ambitious videos. The following year the station joined the NaSTA. In 2010 the station adopted its current logo and bright green colour scheme, moved to its present studio in the bottom of the Students' Union building and began broadcasting HD content for the first time through new equipment.
Organisation
The station is run by a committee of members headed by the station manager, currently Alex Smith. They are also overseen by the Students' Union's Vice-President Democracy and Creative Industries, currently Cameron Meldrum, who acts as Director General of the station. The committee are involved in the day-to-day-running of the station and for the Academic Year 2016/17 it consists of:
An executive team of members are in charge of the content which the station produces, for the Academic Year 2016/17 it consists of:
Awards
Over the years, SUSUtv has won several awards at a National Level at the annual NaSTA Awards.