Did you know that Concord Carlisle TV (better known as "CCTV"), our local public television stations, are available online both with a live feed and on-demand? These are stations 8 and 9 on the Comcast Cable service (the former being public access television; the latter is government programming).You can watch the live feed by going here; watch it right on that browser page, or open a media player to watch. We found it needs a fairly powerful computer to run this smoothly, which we were trying to do in the background while this post was written. Our older Mac (a G4 with 1.25 Ghz powered processer) was not up to this kind of multi-tasking. Or maybe it was Firefox 5.0 that was causing the bog-down.
They have a good number of already-broadcast shows on demand from both Channels 8 and 9. So you can watch committee and board meetings that have already taken place, as well as a wonderful variety of locally-produced community-based programs.
This link will take you off the CCTV website to their on-demand provider. Notice at top right there is a black pull-down menu against the blue frame. It will probably show "Entertainment Programs" as a default -- these are from Channel 8. Pull down the menu and you will get other choices such as Concord Governmental Meetings, Carlisle Governmental Meetings, School Board meetings, three channels of CCHS offerings, and then a Living Green section -- quite the cornucopia of goodies to watch!
We found that scrolling through the program choices it was hard to keep it from moving so fast we couldn't examine the titles. But once one was chosen, it was all smooth sailing and excellent viewing.
A few choices that caught our viewing notice:
- The "Town Talk" series about Concord issues, including a "Meet the Candidates" for Board of Selectman
- A delightful multi-part series called Concord's Farming Series
- The lecture on May Alcott that was held at the Concord Free Public Library
- The Concord Band's 50th Anniversary concert
- Coming to America: World Dance, again at the Library
- Meetings of the Concord Board of Selectmen, Planning Board, Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Committee, Board of Assessors and other committees and boards
- The CCHS Patriots Magazine in many installments
- Seminars and workshops for CCHS students and/or their parents
- CCHS Chorus, Band, Basketball, and assemblies
