Seminole Government Television, or SGTV, is the Government-access television (GATV) and Educational-access television cable television

Cable television

Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...

 channel in Seminole County, Florida

Seminole County, Florida

Seminole County is a county in the U.S. state of Florida. Located between Orlando to the south and Deland and Daytona Beach to the north, it is part of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. Its county seat and largest city is Sanford...

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SGTV can be seen around the clock on Bright House Networks

Bright House Networks

Bright House Networks is a cable television company, the seventh largest cable operator and the sixth largest traditional multiple system operator in the United States owned by Advance/Newhouse, headquartered in Syracuse, New York...

 channel 199 within Seminole County (except Oviedo

Oviedo, Florida

Oviedo is a city in Seminole County, Florida, United States. The population was 26,316 as of the 2000 census. As of 2009, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 32,961...

, where the channel is pre-empted on Monday from 5:30 PM through 7:55 AM the following morning and Tuesday though Sunday from 4:30 to 6:30 PM and 1:00 through 7:55 AM for OVTV, Oviedo's government access service).

SGTV offers coverage of local government meetings, coverage of the Florida Legislature

Florida Legislature

The Florida State Legislature is the term often used to refer to the two houses that act as the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida. The Florida Constitution states that "The legislative power of the state shall be vested in a legislature of the State of Florida," composed of a Senate...

 and public affairs programming provided by The Florida Channel

The Florida Channel

The Florida Channel is a government-access television network operated by Florida State University's WFSU-TV and the Florida State Legislature. The channel is currently carried by 46 cable TV systems throughout the State of Florida either on a part-time or full-time basis as well as through nine...

, educational and scientific programming provided by NASA TV

NASA TV

NASA TV is the television service of the United States government agency NASA. NASA TV is broadcast by satellite with a simulcast over the Internet. Local cable television systems across the U.S. and amateur television repeaters may carry NASA TV at their discretion, as NASA-created content is...

, military news provided by the Pentagon Channel

Pentagon Channel

The Pentagon Channel is a TV channel broadcasting military news and information for the 2.6 million members of the U.S. Armed Forces. It is widely available on US Public, educational, and government access cable tv channels, can be viewed FTA in most Central and Western European countries ,...

, and other educational, historical, cultural, and community programming of local and regional interest.

SGTV was previously on analog cable channel 9 until January 19, 2007, as part of Bright House's plan to move Public, educational, and government access

Public, educational, and government access

Public, educational, and government access television, refers to three different cable television specialty channels...

(PEG) cable TV channels from analog to digital.

External links

• SGTV official site