LETV acquires television programs and films from individuals and organizations worldwide, for translation and international broadcast. The producers include local and regional television stations, independent filmmakers, and nonprofit organizations whose work supports the vision of a peaceful and sustainable world. Filmmakers find LETV, and LETV finds them, through a variety of means: through LETV's formal partnerships with educational and broadcasting organizations, through relationships with film and video festivals all over the world, and through collaborations with other educational, cultural, nonprofit and media organizations.
Filmmakers are invited to contact Living Earth Television for feedback on program ideas, and to submit their programs for consideration for broadcast. Programs selected by LETV will be licensed for non-exclusive broadcast. LETV does not produce or fund programs through LETV, but is eager to encourage the production of programs suitable for LETV broadcast.
For descriptions of programming strands and sample programs that might be broadcast, see Programming.
Submission Guidelines
If you have a completed program that you would like to submit to Living Earth Television for consideration for broadcast, please follow these guidelines.
- Programs must be submitted by the person or organization that holds the legal right to license the programs for broadcast.
- Programs may be submitted for preview on DVD, any standard. These cannot be returned to the sender, but LETV will acknowledge the receipt of all programs and any decisions regarding their suitability for broadcast.
- At the present time, programs must be in English or Chinese, or have an English transcript of all narration and speaking. Programs must be able to accept both subtitled and voice-over translations. Final translations will be done by LETV, and are not the responsibility of the filmmaker, although filmmakers' approval will be sought.
- A written synopsis of the program, in English, must be included with the program. Written credits and contact information for the person submitting the program must also be included.
- Programs of any length may be submitted; it may be necessary at times to ask filmmakers to shorten their works to fit a specific time slot, although we expect to have the flexibility later on to air programs that do not fit traditional time slots.
- No program will be broadcast without the written permission of the copyright holder.
- No DVD received by LETV will be used for any purpose other than deciding on its suitability for broadcast on Living Earth Television without the written consent of the copyright holder.
To submit a program for consideration, please send it to
Living EarthTelevision
801 Skokie Blvd., Suite 104
Northbrook, Illinois 60062
USA
Please be sure that the name and address of the sender, and phone and email contact information, are clear.