The mission of the Southeastern Channel is to produce programming that furthers the university’s mission to lead the educational, economic, and cultural development of southeast Louisiana as well as provide both instruction and real-world experience in television and video production to university students.  While addressing these goals, the Southeastern Channel also offers video production and multimedia projection services for various university events and activities.

Southeastern Channel programming provides audiences with unusual and educational viewing alternatives that are available both on-demand and as part of the regular content stream.  Talk shows, international newsmagazines, documentaries, concerts, and classic matchups that chronicle the exciting history of Southeastern athletics are all part of our weekly schedule.  We serve our local community by offering new ways to access educational information and cultural events, providing a vital link between the university, area businesses, and industrial organizations. Most importantly, the Southeastern Channel exists as a real-world professional environment where students can learn and experiment while enhancing various skill sets in preparation for productive careers within the communications industry. 

The Southeastern Channel officially hit the airwaves July 9, 2002 and has established itself as one of the premier university television stations worldwide.

With high-quality production and programming as its staple, the Southeastern Channel has already won over 300 regional, national and international awards, including 15 Emmy Awards and 56 Emmy nominations along with multiple top awards from Tellys, College Broadcasters, Inc., Society of Professional Journalists, and Southeast Journalism Conference, Worldfest International Film and Video Festival, Associated Press College Broadcasters, Louisiana Association of Broadcasters, College Sports Media Awards, Videographer Awards, Communicator Awards, ADDY Awards, Axiem Awards, Aurora Awards, New York International Film and Video Festival, Los Angeles International Film and Video Festival, Hot Springs Documentary Festival, Colorado Environmental Film Festival, New Orleans Film Festival, and the Twin Rivers Media Festival. The Southeastern Channel is the only university channel in Louisiana history to have won an Emmy.

Led by an international award-winning professional staff, some with decades of experience at the national television network level, the Southeastern Channel produces over 600 hours of fresh original programming each year. The channel airs over 140 hours of original programming each week, nearly 90 percent of its programming schedule. The Southeastern Channel produces and airs educational, community, cultural, entertainment, and sports programming, including live forums, music concerts, and sports events, for its North Shore and southeast Louisiana audience. The Channel’s 24/7 webcast, its “live” stream to mobile devices and its Video on Demand programming can be seen worldwide. The Channel is also available Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube.

Our news studio is a 32 x 41-foot space equipped with Sony 4k-capable studio and remote cameras, complete with studio-grade pedestals and associated camera controls including attached teleprompter screens. One feature of the studio is a modular LED and monitor-enhanced set allowing for efficient reconfiguration according to show content and tone.  Opposite this desk-oriented set is a more informal interview environment utilizing our actual campus as an integrated design feature.  The 22.4-foot ceilings support suspended lighting grid accommodating over 80 fixtures be controlled via an ETC Element 1 control console.

All studios have attached control rooms outfitted with Ross switching, routing, graphics and video playback as well as associated replay technology providing a level of production quality equal to certain national broadcasts and surpassing current ESPN + requirements.  This centralized control system allows for immediate studio production in addition to remote productions from university athletic and entertainment venues.

All Southeastern Channel programming originates from our master control center located within the University Center. Here files are collected, scheduled, and delivered to Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV as well as Spectrum Cable and our website. The channel’s master control room utilizes a server-based programming system storing hundreds of hours of programming for automated scheduling and playback and is the primary point of communication between the studio and other destinations such as ESPN+.

At the Southeastern Channel, staff members as well as other communications students have access to numerous comprehensive edit suites equipped with the entire Adobe Creative Cloud software suite.  Additionally, hands-on training with key software platforms such as Adobe Premiere and After Effects is available in addition to instruction in other applications such as Davinci Resolve, Cinema 4d, Autodesk 3ds Max and Avid Protools.

Additional studios include a film studio supporting the creative efforts of staff and students engaged in the production of content associated with feature films, commercials, corporate presentations and documentaries.  This studio serves as a more informal creative space that, although intended for pre-recorded single-camera production, will still be supported by various technical innovations including a suspended lighting grid and digital control console. When working in this environment, students will also have access to advanced camera systems as well as other stabilization devices designed to achieve a professional cinematic look via a variety of seamless camera maneuvers. This studio also provides ample room for students to design and even build their own set configurations as well as shoot elements utilizing green screen visual effects technology.

Also available is a third multi-media studio housing three additional pedestal-mounted and remote-controlled Sony studio cameras and an additional digitally-managed lighting grid.  These items will surround an open environment intended as both a practical working and teaching environment and a live set for certain informational-based programming. Windows partially enclose this area allowing for the observation of production activities and even occasional use as a set background.