City & County of Broomfield

Media Release

March 12, 2009

Media Contacts:

Rosann Doran
Public Information Officer
303.438.6308

Access Channel 8 videos online on demand

Broomfield’s Channel 8 videos are now available to watch on the Web. A new, on demand video page links to more than 150 archived videos produced by KCCB Channel 8. Some videos date back to 2003.

Channel 8 is Broomfield’s government access channel available to Comcast subscribers. Along with the on demand choices, Channel 8 can also be seen live on the Web at www.broomfield.org .

Videos available for on demand viewing include the American Memories series which features Broomfield veterans from World War II and Korea talking about their war-time experiences. The Mamie Doud Eisenhower Public Library's popular interview program series, Off the Page, has more than 60 authors featured in the archived videos. Viewers can also find award winning shows like the Recreation Services series, Family, Fun and Fitness, the Police Department's On the Beat series and the popular Green Broomfield video.

In addition, there are also links to nearly 100 past City Council meetings dating back to the beginning of 2006, and Council concept reviews televised since August 2008.

Viewers will also be able to see videos of the 911 Memorial, a tour of the Broomfield Event Center and a ride-along in a snow plow as the city clears Broomfield’s streets. The author talks from the last three One Book, One Broomfield events are also available on demand. When new locally produced videos go on Channel 8 they will be added to this page.

Another classic historical video available on the on demand video page is the 1956 video, "Birth of a City." It’s a video about the founding fathers of Broomfield who brought a concept to reality in the creation of Broomfield. Watch as some 20,000 people tour the first model homes in Broomfield.

The on demand page also offers the ability to search its contents, using words like the name of a featured author, book title, veteran, or the name of a video. Similar searches are available for the online Council videos by entering a specific word that can be found in a past agenda going back to January 2006. The Council video page also offers a sign up for RSS feeds of the agendas and minutes so viewers can get the documents on their desktops when they become available.

The videos are optimized for the best viewing at 320 X 240 pixels, but can be expanded to a full screen mode by double clicking on the video as it plays.

The page can be accessed from a link on Broomfield's KCCB Channel 8 Web page - http://www.broomfield.org/channel8/, or by going directly to the page at http://broomfield.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=4

Videos can easily be shared with friends and relatives by emailing the link to the entire video on demand page, or while watching a video, by clicking on “Email a Link.”

For those who want to see what is currently on Channel 8, like those who are away from home, those don’t get Comcast cable or maybe distant friends and relatives who want to keep up with what is happening in Broomfield, there is also a link on the Web site to watch it live.