South Carolina ETV
The U .S. Input Secretariat is managed by South Carolina ETV as part of the International Public Television Screening Conference (INPUT)
This year, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting awarded SCETV a grant to assist U.S. presenters and producers with travel to Input 2008 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The U.S. grantees joined international producers and directors from over 50 countries to debate and discuss innovative, thought-provoking public television programs. To learn more about the Input 2008 conference, go to www.input2008.org.za.
Input 2009 will be held in Warsaw, Poland. To enter your film for consideration, please check back in September for the U.S. submission guidelines and the November 2008 deadline.
U.S. Input Secretariat News
- ETV CEO and President Moss Bresnahan has been elected to serve on the international Input Board and U.S. shop steward Bill Gilcher was named the new international shop steward coordinator. Congratulations!
- Join the U.S. Input and Input FACEBOOK groups!
- The deadline for 2009 U.S. Input Pre-selection will be the first week of November 2008.
- To learn more about Input, read this article written by international Input shop steward coordinator Bill Gilcher for The Current.
- A Best of Input 2007 DVD set is available for Mini Input events. We plan to have the Input 2008 set ready by September 1. Please contact the U.S. Input Secretariat for more information. These collections are made possible in part by funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
- The U.S. Input Secretariat is applying for funding to offer a limited number of travel grants to cover airfare for U.S. program representatives and public television producers to attend Input 2009. If funding is available, the announcement will be made on this Web page, Facebook, PBS Connects and in the Current newspaper.
The U.S. Input Secretariat has been managed by South Carolina ETV since 1984. SCETV’s primary responsibilities are coordinating and managing all U.S. activities relating to Input which include hosting Input pre-selection, and applying for and managing grants to send producers to the annual Input conference.
What is Input?
Input (the acronym is derived from INternational PUblic Television) is an annual weeklong television showcase where the rules of broadcasting are challenged and redefined. This event is the only international conference that focuses specifically on the innovative programs produced by public as opposed to commercial broadcasters.
The International Public Television Screening Conference, or Input, was created to promote the exchange of television programs, ideas, and production techniques among broadcasters around the world. Its goal is to challenge and motivate producers to improve the quality of public service broadcasting worldwide.
Input delegates have the rare opportunity to screen some of the most innovative and thought-provoking programs produced for public television around the world. Immediately after each program screening, there is a discussion session with the filmmaker to debate production approaches and subject matter in relation to public television's mission. This intense scrutiny of craft and dialogue among concerned television professionals on an international level makes Input an exceptional seminar for professional development.
There is no other seminar for program makers like Input within public television in this country. The insight and experience gained by presenting work to be critiqued by an international audience, as well as the exchange of program ideas and technologies, are invaluable to improve the skills of producers who are the creators of programming for public television on a local and national level. Learn about the history of INPUT.
For more information about Input, contact the U.S. Input National Coordinators:
Mr. Terry Pound
Voice: (803) 737-3434
Fax: (803) 737-3505
E-mail:pound@scetv.org
or
Ms. Amy Shumaker
Voice: (803) 737-3433
Fax: (803) 737-3274
E-mail:shumaker@scetv.org
South Carolina ETV
1101 George Rogers Boulevard
Columbia, SC 29201-4761
Phone: 803-737-3545