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News and Events
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Effective Monday, November 17, Michigan Television (WFUM-TV) will become the first public television station in the state to switch to all digital broadcasting. Beginning then, you will need a converter box or a digital TV to watch Michigan Television, if you are not connected to a cable or satellite provider. Tune in for “Are You Ready for Digital TV?” on Monday, Sept. 29 at 8:00 p.m., or click here to learn more.
The Create Channel, part of Michigan Television’s digital service
Beginning October 6, Michigan Television will change its early afternoon lineup to present encore broadcasts of some of your favorite primetime programs. Your favorite how-to and travel programs are now airing 24 hours a day on the Create Channel, which is a part of Michigan Television’s digital service (DTV Channel 28.2). Create features the best instructional programs about sewing, cooking and home improvement as well as interesting and informative travel programs. Click here for more information about how to view our digital programming, including Create.
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 Are You Ready for Digital TV?
Tune in Monday September 29th at 9:00 pm for "Are You Ready for Digital TV" a special live program where you can ask your questions about the digital conversion. You can also submit your questions in advance at: information@michigantelevision.org
Where Do The Children Play?
 This Michigan Television production explores how children experience growing up and playing in inner cities, suburban areas, and rural America, and looks at their connection to nature, and the effects these things have on their intellectual and physical well-being. Why has outdoor play begun to disappear in many areas? What happens when we build communities without play spaces? More...
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Acts of Art: The Prison Creative Arts Project
Every year, U-M professors, Janie Paul and Buzz Alexander, along with various volunteers, travel across Michigan to visit prisons and collect art for an annual exhibit of prison art at the University of Michigan. Now in its 13th year, the show has become the largest exhibit of prison art in the country, with hundreds of prisoners participating. While art-making has always been part of prison life, this exhibition in the 'outside' world, no less at a prestigious university, has generated work unlike that of any other state. Acts of Art will broadcast on all PBS stations across Michigan in March and April. More...
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On-Going Series on Michigan Television
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Matrix
Matrix is an ongoing series of short stories celebrating the wide diversity of Arts and Humanities in Michigan, produced by Michigan Television in partnership with Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the Michigan Humanities Council.
View videos and descriptions here
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Announcing: A New Gallery Space for Time-Based Media: PLAY
PLAY IS.... television momentarily transformed into a gallery space, as experimental shorts from the University of Michigan School of Art & Design community are broadcast in between regular programming on Michigan Television and Michigan Channel.
PLAY IS... a tv intervention, bringing performance art, animation and video to the in-between spaces of the broadcast spectrum.
New pieces premiere on Sundays at 8:56 p.m.
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Parents and Kids
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