Spring Break
University to add 8 channels for on-campus cable package
Kori Austera
Issue date: 11/18/08 Section: Campus
As the result of a survey conducted late September by the Residence Hall Association (RHA) in conjunction with IT Services and Housing, Dining and Guest Services (HDGS), Miami University has added USA and TBS to the current line-up of TV channels available to students on camps.
According to the November RHA newsletter, A&E, Travel Channel, TNT, ESPN Alternate, TLC and TV Land will be added after winter break.
According to Cathy McVey, director of customer relations and communications, the survey was conducted by Residence Hall Association members at one of the first meetings of the academic year.
"(RHA members) voted as representatives of their corridor … We had them vote for channels they'd like to be added or that could go away," McVey said.
In the survey, students could choose between 18 channels at no additional charge. These channels were part of the negotiated contract that Miami had not yet put into the system, McVey said.
According to sophomore Dan Patrick, Hahne Hall, where he lives, voted in an online survey.
"The Residence Director e-mailed us and asked us if we were happy with the channels and asked what channels we wanted to add," he said.
After all the survey results were tabulated, no channels were immediately taken away and USA and TBS were added, McVey said.
The November RHA newsletter also said that after winter break, Sci-Fi, Cartoon Network, MTV2 and Lifetime will be removed from Miami's basic cable service because of lack of student interest.
In fall 2008, Miami began to offer digital cable TV options as well as High Definition (HD) signals.
A survey conducted at the end of the 2008 spring semester indicated 30 percent of Miami students were interested in HD signals and digital cable boxes.
However, only 6 percent of the Miami population chose to rent a box for the fall semester, said Steve Thole, director of business systems and technology for HDGS.
Thole said this is because the cable boxes were not available the day of move-in.
According to the November RHA newsletter, A&E, Travel Channel, TNT, ESPN Alternate, TLC and TV Land will be added after winter break.
According to Cathy McVey, director of customer relations and communications, the survey was conducted by Residence Hall Association members at one of the first meetings of the academic year.
"(RHA members) voted as representatives of their corridor … We had them vote for channels they'd like to be added or that could go away," McVey said.
In the survey, students could choose between 18 channels at no additional charge. These channels were part of the negotiated contract that Miami had not yet put into the system, McVey said.
According to sophomore Dan Patrick, Hahne Hall, where he lives, voted in an online survey.
"The Residence Director e-mailed us and asked us if we were happy with the channels and asked what channels we wanted to add," he said.
After all the survey results were tabulated, no channels were immediately taken away and USA and TBS were added, McVey said.
The November RHA newsletter also said that after winter break, Sci-Fi, Cartoon Network, MTV2 and Lifetime will be removed from Miami's basic cable service because of lack of student interest.
In fall 2008, Miami began to offer digital cable TV options as well as High Definition (HD) signals.
A survey conducted at the end of the 2008 spring semester indicated 30 percent of Miami students were interested in HD signals and digital cable boxes.
However, only 6 percent of the Miami population chose to rent a box for the fall semester, said Steve Thole, director of business systems and technology for HDGS.
Thole said this is because the cable boxes were not available the day of move-in.
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