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Requirements & Restrictions for Equipment Use

  1. Statement of Compliance: Required of all Members using SATV services & facilities.

  2. Certification: Members must be certified to use any production equipment or facilities.

  3. Project Proposal: To begin reserving production equipment and facilities, members must submit a Project Proposal form. Upon approval of SATV Staff, members may make reservations for equipment and facilities to produce their project.
    1. Reservations – Equipment Reservation Requests are processed during SATV Office hours in the order received, and granted on a first come-first serve basis and by equipment availability.
    2. Equipment Checkout Receipt – Members must sign the Equipment Checkout Receipt agreeing to terms including equipment use, checkout length, and for responsibility.
    3. Training Priority – Reservations and Checkouts can not conflict with training.
    4. Checkouts, returns, and length of use – Equipment is checked out and returned during designated times. Equipment must be picked up and returned on time. Field, Studio, and Editing equipment are available for certain time lengths. Equipment checkout requests cannot be made beyond the period approved for the Project Proposal until approved by SATV Staff.
    5. First-air on SATV – Programs produced with SATV equipment must have their first showing on the SATV Media Server

  4. Unauthorized Use:
    1. Private, commercial or recreational use of SATV equipment is not allowed.
    2. Persons who are not certified by SATV are not allowed to handle equipment.
    3. Members cannot “sell” the use of SATV facilities, the college-owned equipment or channel time to other individuals, organizations or businesses, or in any way suggest to underwriters that they are buying any advertising time or services in exchange for their support.

  5. Representation: A member or producer may only represent him or herself as an independent producer or a crew member of an independent producer. A member or producer MAY NOT represent him or herself as a SATV Staff Member, or as acting on behalf of SATV unless authorized in writing by an olfficer of SATV. Members and Producers should not represent their productions being produced for SATV; however, members can identify the intent of their projects to be shown on SATV Streaming server.

  6. Eating and Drinking: No food or drink of any kind is allowed in the control room, at editing stations, or near any field or studio equipment at any time. No food or drink of any kind are allowed in the studio unless it is needed for a show (i.e. a cooking show) and only with prior approval of SATV staff offcers. Exceptions to this rule, may only be granted by SATV Staff officers for authorized special circumstances.

  7. Smoking and Controlled Substances: Smoking, alcoholic beverages and controlled substances are not allowed on campus or within any of SATV facilities. No SATV Member or guest may be under the influence of a alcohol, or controlled substance while at SATV or using the SATV facility or equipment. Members & Producers should also exercise precautions to minimize damage to SATV electronic field equipment due to smoke of any kind.

  8. Extreme use of Equipment or Facilities:
    1. SATV equipment and facilities may not be used in the creation of program material that creates the immediate danger or damage to property or injury to persons; the substantial obstruction of law enforcement or other governmental functions or services; the deprivation of any person by threat, threat of force or physical action of a legal right or the disturbance of any person in the enjoyment of a legal right; or the creation of a public nuisance.
    2. Members may not abuse or vandalize SATV equipment or facilities or return equipment in damaged or unworkable condition, beyond normal wear and tear.
      Examples of equipment abuse:
      • Subjecting any equipment to water, heat, shock by hitting or dropping
      • pointing the lens of the camera toward the sun or any bright light
      • any activity that may resemble abuse.
    3. Equipment and facilities must be checked in or left as clean or cleaner then when checked out or when you arrived at the facility.
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