Ladies and Gentlemen,

Over rag week, the MPS will be active in a number of key areas. If you would like to help out and have a laugh filming such wonders as the bungee jumping and the One World "I'm a student. Get me out of here!" then drop us an email pronto.

Secondly, each week from now until the end of semester 2, we will be showing a short film prior to the Film Soc. screenings in T101. If you would like your video to be included in this, email one of the station crew, and be prepared to submit a VHS tape to us at least 1 week prior to viewing date. We are also going to put finished video pieces up on the website for download or streaming. If you are interested in your work being available this way, please supply us with a mini-dv copy of your work soon.

Thirdly, be aware of competition submission dates, for the MAMA awards deadline is the 29th of this month. Check out the RTE website for details. be aware that The Smedias Awards deadline is on the 14th April usually, details haven't been finalised,We have the budget to cover all your entries, but get these to us sooner rather than later as rushing finishing off your programmes towards the end of term just makes for an unpleasant experience.

AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IN THE RUMOUR MILL, there have been some major problems with NTL and DCUtv being shown on the link channel. NTL are in a heap of financial difficulty and are in too much of a mess to run the link channel at the moment, so we have had to start looking at alternatives. We have some brilliant bigger and better ideas planned - Looks like we'll be organising a fantastic societies week.

WE ARE HAVING A MEETING ON THE 24TH OF FEBRUARY THE TUESDAY AFTER RAG WEEK TO FILL YOU IN ON ALL THE DETAILS OF SUCH DEVELOPMENTS.

Also, the purpose of this meeting is to organise teams for programmes to be made. We have a number of shows in the pipeline:

*Bring in the Euro sketch *Documentary about the farce that is Campus Residences Ltd. *Walking down the street reality tv *Busking and streetlife in Ireland *Irish language in Dublin programme *Live blind-date show *Filming bands in the studio

If you want to be involved in making a programme to be screened in front of over 300 people, including important figures from the industry, come along to the meeting and choose your project. Or, if you have your own project but need people to help you, email us and we'll see what we can do.

AND FINALLY, sorry for the massive email, but I also wanted to announce our acquisition of a fantastic radio mic, which allows us filming possibilities and sound recording that we only dreamed of before. Think about different ways that we can use this equipment. We're out testing it this Friday, so hopefully we'll have some results to show you at the meeting.

Until then, HAVE A GREAT RAG WEEK!

Pedro... DCUtv Progs. Off.

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