Program Descriptions
Media - Montgomery College
Montgomery College Television creates videos for Montgomery College educational cable channels, website, and social media. Funds are used for staff, equipment, operating expenses, and training student interns using hands on, real life production techniques and facilities. Videos educate, inform, and support student success (i.e. closing the achievement gap, dual enrollment,...
Program Performance Measures | Actual FY21 | Actual FY22 | Estimated FY23 | Target FY24 | Target FY25 |
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Hours of first-run locally produced and acquired Montgomery College MC-ITV programming 1 | 278 | 314 | 335 | 375 | 425 |
Hours of Montgomery College student-assisted original programming 2 | 84 | 94 | 130 | 185 | 215 |
Read More Media - Montgomery County Public Schools
Montgomery County Public Schools Television (MCPS-TV) is a full-service television and multimedia facility that produces TV programs for students, staff, parents, and the general community produced in multiple languages to reach the district's growing multicultural community. MCPS-TV regular programming includes live Board of Education meetings, live webstreaming events from schools,...
Program Performance Measures | Actual FY21 | Actual FY22 | Estimated FY23 | Target FY24 | Target FY25 |
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Hours of first run locally produced, block, and acquired Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) ITV programming 1 | 362 | 242 | 254 | 267 | 280 |
Read More OBP Community Technology
OBP Community Technology manages use of public rights-of-way in Montgomery County by cable television providers, negotiates and enforces obligations in cable franchise agreements, provides consumer assistance with cable issues and complaints, and supports County policies addressing compensation for use of public rights-of-way by communications providers. Community Technology manages the Transmission...
Program Performance Measures | Actual FY21 | Actual FY22 | Estimated FY23 | Target FY24 | Target FY25 |
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Transmission facility applications processed | 350 | 264 | 350 | 350 | 350 |
Average number of days to process applications for siting wireless towers | 35 | 32 | 35 | | |
Percent of customers satisfied with Community Technology complaint handling | 95.1% | 95.8% | 95.0% | | |
Read More Montgomery Community Media
Montgomery County supports community media and digital equity training through a contract with Montgomery Community Television, doing business as Montgomery Community Media (MCM). MCM operates two community media cable television channels, provides media technology training to County residents and community organizations, and produces independent, diverse, and informative cable programming for...
Program Performance Measures | Actual FY21 | Actual FY22 | Estimated FY23 | Target FY24 | Target FY25 |
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Hours of Montgomery Community Media (MCM) volunteer effort in creating public access programming 1 | 1,510 | 1,312 | 1,469 | 1,469 | 1,854 |
Read More OBP Community Engagement
OBP Community Engagement provides channel management for the County's cable television station (CCM) and its three cable channels, and a Technical Operations Center to support transmission of 13 local PEG channels over three cable systems. CCM program content is created by the County Council, Public Information Office (PIO), and Maryland-National...
Program Performance Measures | Actual FY21 | Actual FY22 | Estimated FY23 | Target FY24 | Target FY25 |
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Percent of fresh County Cable Montgomery content (less than one month old) during peak viewing hours | 8% | 5% | 6% | | |
Percent of English and Spanish language first-run programs closed captioned in English | 100% | 100% | 100% | | |
Percent of English language first-run programs closed captioned in Spanish | 75% | 0% | 0% | | |
Read More Municipal Support
Cable operator franchise fees and PEG support obligations to participating municipalities within Montgomery County are paid by cable operators to the County for administrative efficiency and auditing effectiveness and then redistributed by the County to the City of Rockville, the City of Takoma Park, and the Montgomery County Chapter of...
Read More Connect Montgomery Alliance
The Montgomery County Public, Education, and Government (PEG) Governance Board facilitates collaboration among the local PEG stations to promote meaningful and relevant PEG programming and media services to the Montgomery County community using current and emerging technologies. The PEG Governance Board (PGB) collaboratively works to expand community engagement, Spanish language...
Read More OBP Digital Equity (Cable Fund)
Digital Equity is necessary for civic and cultural participation, employment, lifelong learning, and access to essential services. OBP Digital Equity works to ensure individuals and communities have the information technology knowledge and confidence needed for full participation in our society, democracy, and economy. It supports providing technology training for older...
Program Performance Measures | Actual FY21 | Actual FY22 | Estimated FY23 | Target FY24 | Target FY25 |
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Total Senior Planet Montgomery participants 1 | 10,354 | 5,253 | 4,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
Percent of Senior Planet Montgomery participants who rated the quality of their instruction "high" or "very high" | 94% | 89% | 90% | | |
Percent of Senior Planet Montgomery participants whose quality of life improved | 83% | 82% | 82% | | |
Number of affordable housing communities receiving high-speed broadband through MoCoNet | 1 | 2 | 5 | | |
Number of subscribers to free high-speed broadband through MoCoNet | 33 | 96 | 275 | | |
Read More Media - PIO, Council, M-NCPPC
This program provides funding for the Office of Public Information, the County Council, and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to create content for the County's cable channel CCM, social media, and live Internet streaming, including County Council and Planning Board meetings, press conferences, town hall meetings, special events,...
Program Performance Measures | Actual FY21 | Actual FY22 | Estimated FY23 | Target FY24 | Target FY25 |
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Hours of first run locally produced, block, and acquired County Cable Montgomery (CCM) programming 1 | 2,257 | 1,703 | 2,000 | 2,103 | 2,150 |
Video communications produced for social media and cable | 1,443 | 2,123 | 1,107 | 1,200 | 1,250 |
Percent of productions completed within agreed-upon timeline | 100% | 100% | 100% | | |
Engagements with video communications | 2,202,734 | 876,286 | 674,286 | | |
Read More OBP Fibernet (CF)
Funding from the Cable Special Revenue Fund is used to support Montgomery County's private communications network - FiberNet. FiberNet is a critical infrastructure asset that provides carrier-class voice, video, Internet access, and data network services for Montgomery County Government, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), Montgomery College, Housing Opportunities Commission (HOC),...
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