3C Media Solutions Frequently Asked Questions |
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| What Type of Programming Does 3C Media Solutions Produce? | 3C Media Solutions is a satellite delivery system. The production of programming is not provided under its grant funding. |
| How Does 3C Media Solutions Procure Programming? | 3C Media Solutions receives programming and requests for programming from its affiliates. In some cases, programming is provided royalty-free from the more than 109 community colleges. Additional programming is procured through opportunities offered from not-for-profit and governmental agencies. |
| How Can My College Provide Programming? | Affiliates are invited to submit programming in a variety of related areas of sports, news and arts. 3C Media Solutions accepts broadcast-ready programming. |
| Who Can Access 3C Media Solutions? | 3C Media Solutions is delivered to the 109 campuses of the California Community Colleges system via satellite. 3C Media Solutions campus affiliates can request information about programming from their media technology department. |
| Who Are 3C Media Solutions’s Viewers? | 3C Media Solutions draws viewers from among its more than 109 affiliates throughout the California Community Colleges system, including students, faculty and staff. Additional viewers come from a number of cable access networks throughout California. |
| What is 3CTV? | 3CTV stands for Affiliates Contribution Network and it is our closed-circuit satellite channel feeding professional development and distance education programming directly to the 109 California community colleges. Every community college and district office in the CCC system is equipped with 3C Media Solutions’s satellite downlink, thus connecting roughly 2.6 million students and 85,000 faculty and staff throughout the state of California. Expansion for 3CTV remains unrestricted, anyone with appropriate downlink equipment can receive 3CTV programming. |
| What is Distance Education? | Distance education is a method of learning that connects instructors and students who are geographically separated across a campus, town, region, or the world via satellite or terrestrial/cable television and combined with video conferencing, computers (CD-ROM, Internet and e-mail), telephone, faxes, and textbooks. |
| Does 3C Media Solutions produce video content ? | 3C Media Solutions is a satellite distribution system to receive sites. The production of programming is not provided under the 3C Media Solutions grant from the Chancellor’s Office. 3C Media Solutions will assist you in finding a community college campus in your area to assist you in budgeting and developing your original programming. |
| Who can access 3C Media Solutions programming? | 3C Media Solutions is delivered to the 109 campuses of the California Community Colleges system via satellite and additional non-community college receive sites. Faculty can request information about programming from their campus’ contact person. Visit the 3C Media Solutions homepage for contact information at 3C Media Solutions.com. |
| How can my College submit programming for distribution on 3C Media Solutions? | Affiliates are invited to submit programming in a variety of areas. Refer to the ‘Programming” section of this Handbook. |
| How do I set the timer function on the satellite receiver? | This feature is not supported in the current version of receiver software. |
| Will I have a problem with a roof mounted dish regarding roof leaks? | 3C Media Solutions recommends and uses a None-Penetrating Roof mount. |
| All of a sudden I have lost signal and cannot get it back. It was just working this morning. What can be the problem? | Check and ensure the dish has not been disturbed or misaligned, and check all connections to ensure no loose or disconnected cabling. |
| Slowly my signal strength is getting weaker. What is the problem? | Check to see that nothing has moved in front of the dish to obstruct its clear view of the satellite. |
| Why do I lose signal in a rain or snow storm? | It is normal for signal loss to occur temporarily during a heavy downpour. If signal loss occurs during a snow storm check and see if the dish is clear of snow and ice. |
| Does the new receive site certification fee apply only to new sites that are not community colleges? | The certification fee applies to new applicants only. All community colleges have an existing satellite receive system, and therefore will not be charged the fee. |
| Is the set-up fee a one time charge or applied each time a program is broadcast? | Each program distribution and re-broadcast has a cost to it; the set-up fee applies to each time the program is aired. |
| Should I unplug my receiver at Christmas, Easter or during the summer? | No. Your receiver is sent a continuous stream of authorization data and must be left on to capture this data. |
