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Texas Student Television is hosting a live marathon for 24 hours every day for a week. The marathon started Sunday at midnight and will go on until 11:59 p.m. Saturday.
“The last time TSTV did this was five years ago, so we decided to try it again,” said Derek Lewis, TSTV assistant staff director and journalism senior. “We thought it would be a good way to promote the TSTV brand as well as bring in more advertisers.”
Texas Student Media? There's an app for that.
The iOS application, developed by Spreed Inc., is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. The latest release is 1.7, which added to the existing list of features in addition to fixing bugs and improving performance.
As the Texas Student Media Board of Trustees meets this morning to discuss specific issues regarding the circumstances surrounding the recent resignation of director Gary Borders, the organization also faces ongoing repercussions of financial and staffing problems that have accumulated over the past few years.
Texas Student Television and the KVRX 91.7 staff members are upset by a proposal to sell the stations in an effort to combat the Texas Student Media’s deficit.
Former Texas Student Media director Gary Borders said Thursday that his Feb. 8 resignation came under pressure from the office of the Vice President of Student Affairs rather than because of personal reasons as had been previously announced.
A UT alumnus who made it big on the Oprah Winfrey Network paid tribute to Texas Student Television with a donation that will allow the station to improve its programming.
Zach Anner donated $33,000 to UT’s student-run television station at the beginning of this semester. Anner said he decided to contribute a part of the prize he received as one of the winners of Oprah’s “Search for the Next TV Star” competition to TSTV due to the organization’s impact on his life.
Student photographers for The Daily Texan lost their long-time adviser Friday and several other UT student media employees lost their jobs to budget cuts as student publications compensate for declining ad revenue.
The Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees, the body that oversees The Daily Texan, Texas Student Television and other student publications, passed recommendations at Friday’s meeting to trim personnel for a savings of $190,000 and to open a bid to outsource delivery of The Daily Texan.
