History and Overview
The BCAT TV Network was developed by Thomas F. Tafuto of Applied Imagination Inc. and launched on July 1, 1991 (originally named 'BCAT'), as a 24 hour community calendar of non-commercial events and services for Brooklyn residents. Programming of this nature is still allocated in the BCAT TV Network's lineup on the Brooklyn Bulletin Board (see channel listings below). By September 1993, the BCAT TV Network's Playback service was premiered, allowing any Brooklyn individual, organization, institution, corporation, or entity access to channel time on the BCAT TV Network system. BCAT TV Network provides playback time-slots for both weekly and monthly series and non-series programs. Shows are aired in one of two categories: Brooklyn Independent Television and Brooklyn Free Speech TV. BCAT's animated DOG flips around to show the BCAT logo and the logo of either BIT or Free Speech TV (as pictured below) during their respective block of programming. Brooklyn Bulletin Board does not use the animated BCAT DOG with the exception of the Monday-Friday 4pm Hour of Brooklyn Bulletin Board which is simulcasted on BCAT Channels 1-3 and identified on-air as "Brooklyn Bulletin Board TV".
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