Introducing TUTV’s first entertainment talk show, Temple Talk!

Posted March 25, 2014

Tune in to Comcast 50/Verizon 45 or online on March 26 at 12:30 and 8:30 p.m. to meet SMC students Luke Frey, Logan Wilson, Ed LeFurge, and Marissa Giletto, who host a discussion of recent entertainment news in the pilot episode of Temple Talk.

The quartet talk a variety of entertainment related topics including Jimmy Fallon’s first day as host of the Tonight Show, the Academy Awards, and the ubiquity of Netflix. They then speak to special guest Doug Friese, who appeared along with other members of the Temple Marching Band–in their underwear–in the Academy Award nominated film, Wolf of Wall Street. Also featured on the show are Kylie Winkler and Jessica Sidhu to give insight into campus fashion.

Freshman MSP majors Marissa Giletto and Luke Frey came up with the idea of Temple Talk after seeing that TUTV lacked a student program that highlighted entertainment news. You can follow Temple Talk on Twitter and Facebook.

How are very young children affected by explicit lyrics in music?

Posted March 19, 2014

Host Sherri Hope Culver talks to professionals in the music industry, including those who work with kids, to explore the topic of explicit lyrics in songs and what they may do to children ages 10 and below. Could their absence in an edited version of a song trigger curiosity? What happens when a previously “clean” pop song features a hip hop artist who uses profanity? And who is held accountable? Record companies for marketing songs with explicit lyrics to kids? Artists for writing 2 versions of a song so kids know there’s a clean version and a version with explicit lyrics? Parents for not monitoring what their kids listen to?

Culver is joined on set by Kathy O’Connell, host of the WXPN radio program Kid’s Corner; Gabe Romano, a member of the kid’s indie music band, The Plants; Phil Nicolo, an award-winning music producer and Adjunct Professor at Temple University; and DJ Bonics, hip hop DJ for Wiz Khalifa and radio DJ at Wired 96.5 FM, to answer these questions and more.

Tune in Wednesday, March 19 at 12:30 and 8:30 p.m. to TUTV to watch this new thought-provoking episode of Media Inside Out.

What does it mean to remember someone?

Posted March 13, 2014

In Memoriam is a short documentary about the abandonment and ongoing restoration of Mount Moriah Cemetery in Southwest Philadelphia. Mount Moriah is a sprawling, pastoral cemetery with 380 acres of grave plots on the outskirts of the city.

The film presents in depth information regarding the cemetery’s history from its genesis in 1855 to its gradual decay and eventual abandonment in 2011. But it also highlights the people who are still invested in Mount Moriah’s continuance and the preservation of the plots of their buried beloveds. In Memoriam asks its audience to ponder what it means to remember someone, even after they are long gone.

Watch it on TUTV Friday, March 14 at 12:30 and 8:30 p.m.

This program was created by Temple students Courtney Coombs, Azsa Jenkins, Rachel Kerr, Lisa Levonian and Allie Serabo for Professor Kristine Trever Weatherston’s Production class. To learn more about the film, visit their Facebook page.

What would you like to accomplish before graduating?

Posted March 12, 2014

UPDATE: We are no longer accepting submissions. Stay tuned to TUTV to see whose wishes were granted!

Is there one thing you need to check off your college bucket list? If so, check out TUTV’s Before I Graduate contest!

On Thursday, March 13 TUTV will launch a contest designed to help students accomplish something they want to do before they graduate. Submit your wishes via email to tutv@temple.edu or tweet @TempleTV using the hashtag #BeforeIGraduate. Students should also be on the lookout for a special kick-off event on campus where submissions will be accepted. Any Temple student can participate, not just seniors!

TUTV will then select three wishes to turn into a reality out of all the submissions. The winners will be announced the first week of April. TUTV will air video of the three winners as they have their wishes granted!

Watch the videos of last year’s Before I Graduate winners.

Student produced documentary on Philadelphia buskers to air

Posted March 6, 2014

The Streets are Alive is a documentary that shows what street performing gives to the Philadelphia community through the thoughts of individual buskers. The 19 minute film was made by Temple students Brittany Lewis, Allison Miller, Erin Bradley, and Katie Jones to give insight into the people we hear and see every day on the streets of Philadelphia.

Busking is a public musical performance usually done on the street or the subway that relies on the voluntary donations of passers-by. Singer Anthony Riley, accordionist Katie Thorton, flautist Felix Wilkins, cellist Emily Carroll, and guitarist and singer Travis McDanie appear on The Streets are Alive to explain what lead them to busking and what motivates them to continue the time-honored tradition. They also explain how Philadelphia is unique in its opportunities for busking.

The program was created for for Kristine Trever Weatherston’s Media Studies and Production class.

Get to know David Boardman a little better with TUTV

Posted March 4, 2014

The new Dean for Temple’s School of Media and Communication participated in a Q&A with the Temple community. Tune in to TUTV at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4 to learn more about Dean Boardman and his plans for the School.

Temple Update launches new multimedia website

Posted February 28, 2014

Now you can go to TempleUpdate.com for all your Temple and area news!

The website will allow Update students to post more stories than can be covered in their half-hour broadcast television show, and also to go further in-depth with the stories that are included in their weekly program. The site features videos, photos, and written content, including transcripts.

Temple Update students are posting all week to the new site, so check back often for news as well as safety and weather alerts.

Watch the television program every Friday at 10 a.m. on TUTV.

TUTV and NASA have partnered up to bring you Space Station Live!

Posted February 24, 2014

On Thursday, February 27, NASA astronauts will answer questions submitted by Temple students from outer space.

Astronauts Koichi Wakata, Rick Mastracchio, and Michael Hopkins will appear live on TUTV at 11:50 a.m. from the International Space Station’s Destiny Module. The program will re-air at 7:50 p.m. that night and 3:50 a.m. the next morning.

Tune in to Comcast channel 50, Verizon channel 45, NASA TV or watch the online stream when it airs.

New TUTV show focuses on Philadelphia comedians

Posted February 18, 2014

Temple student and comedian Steve Lipman will host Comedy 101, a new TUTV program that invites professional comics who work in the area to share their experiences as entertainers, talk about what drew them to comedy, and provide insight into the industry.

The first episode features Alex Grubard and Chris Whitehair and premieres Friday, February 21 at 12:30 p.m., re-airing at 8:30 p.m.

Watch the online stream when it airs.

Navigating the digital divide

Posted February 17, 2014

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In a new episode of Media Inside Out airing Wednesday, February 19 at 12:30 and 8:30 p.m., host Sherri Hope Culver addresses how the digital divide affects children, low-income adults and families (more…)

Go behind the scenes of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games

Posted February 12, 2014

TUTV will air a special documentary from German’s international broadcaster, Deutsche Welle, that takes you behind-the-scenes of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. The half-hour documentary entitled “Putin’s Games” examines the challenges posed by the massive construction project, which was hampered by Russia’s infamous corrupt business enterprises.

The program airs Thursday, February 13 at 11:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Watch online.

What would happen in an intergalactic dating show?

Posted February 6, 2014

Join Joseph Farady, “the temporary resident of the universe,” in the second installment of TUTV Table Read to find out. The Fifth Dentist, a comedy set in space, was written by Temple student Sam Watson.

Scientific genius and dilettante detective, Joseph Farady, and his trusty sidekick, Igor, travel through time and across multiple universes to prevent science from being used as an instrument of evil, leaving ironic commentary in the wake of their warp signature.

In this episode, Faraday appears on the set of a reality TV show to win the affections of one Lady Dopamine, a woman with powers that effect the pleasure receptors in the human brain, only to leave the show and travel to a world controlled by dentists. Tune in to learn how an obsession with science can make you undateable, that Faraday’s robot ex-wife left him for a toaster, and the extent to which dentists will go to torture the living.

TUTV Table Read was fashioned as a radio play, but is performed live, and airing unadorned and unedited as it was captured by Temple students. The program stars Adam Wahlberg as Faraday, and features local actors Joseph Trainor, Jenna Kuerz, Nikiya Palombi, Joe Vallee, Loren Lepre, John Groody, and Curtis K. Case.

It will air Friday, February 7 at 12:30 and 8:30 p.m. on TUTV. Watch it online when it airs.

Deutsche Welle Interview with Edward Snowden on TUTV

Posted January 31, 2014

Germany’s international broadcaster, Deutsche Welle, recently produced the first-ever televised interview with NSA contractor turned whistleblower Edward Snowden. Catch the half-hour broadcast of this exclusive program on TUTV this Sunday, February 2 at 12 & 8 p.m.

German journalist Hubert Seipel met with Snowden in Moscow, where they spoke of the NSA leaks, Snowden’s efforts to obtain asylum, and more.

Watch it on Comcast channel 50/Verizon channel 45 or online.

Did you miss Temple Update this winter break? We know we did!

Posted January 30, 2014

Luckily, there’s a special edition of Temple Update this Friday, January 31 at 10 a.m.!

Catch up with all your Temple news and more by watching it online or tuning in to Comcast channel 50 or Verizon 45.

We Make the Call is back with a new season

Posted January 30, 2014

We Make the Call, TUTV’s own student-produced sports talk show, is back for a new season for the Spring semester of 2014. The first episode of the new season airs in its usual slot of 12:30 p.m. every Saturday. Catch it this week after an all new episode of Temple Athletics.

We Make the Call features a large revolving cast of a diverse set of students, which provides a unique variety of opinion on each hotly contested sports topic of the week. Watch it online when it airs, or tune into Comcast 50/Verizon 45.

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