CreaTV San Jose (abbreviated CRTV) is a

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based in

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, United States, that broadcasts several

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channels in San Jose and the surrounding

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area. Under federal law, CreaTV receives a share of the gross revenue of local cable franchisees

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and

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, which amounted to $ in 2009.

History

CreaTV was founded on June 22, 2008, to take over San Jose community television from

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, which for at least 15 years had made their 2nd Street studio available for public access. CreaTV went on the air on July 1, 2008, nine days after its founding. CreaTV was originally located at the Davidson Building on West Julian Street. In 2023, CreaTV opened Open San José, an community center on South Second Street, to serve as the organization's offices and that of several other local nonprofit media and art organizations, including Chopsticks Alley Art, Mosaic America,

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'', and

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Programming

CreaTV operates four public-access and

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channels for the City of San Jose. Three of the channels are available on

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systems in San Jose and Campbell: * CRTV 15 The Outlet (formerly the Community Channel) * CRTV 28 Classrooms Channel * CRTV 30 Silicon Valley Channel CRTV 27 Bay Voice Channel is available in 15 cities in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. It is coproduced with KMVT 15 in Mountain View and the Midpeninsula Community Media Center in

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References

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* {{SF TV American public access television Culture of San Jose, California Companies based in San Jose, California Television channels and stations established in 2008 2008 establishments in California Television in San Jose, California Campbell, California