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Problems with your cable TV reception or connection?

 

University Housing, in conjunction with the Information Technology Central Services (ITCOM) provides 91 television channels on the UMTV Channel Lineup to the residence halls. The Michigan Cable Network consists of six channels provided by University Housing on the UMTV residence hall lineup UMTV is ITCom's campus-wide cable system and carries both academic programming and video-conferencing as well as entertainment television. For information about connecting your TV to the cable network, see the cable television connection guide on the UMTV web site.

Note: There are two cable outlets in your room. The top outlet no longer provides Comcast service after 8/31/07 and has been covered with a plug. The bottom outlet provides UMTV service and has a cable with locking ferrule attached.
Michigan Cable Network

Channel 52 - Michigan InfoChannel
Channel 53 - ResearchChannel
Channel 55 - WOLV-TV
Channel 56 - RHA Movie Channel
Channel 57 - ResComp TV
Channel 58 - Residence Life Cinema

Channel 52 - Michigan InfoChannel
University Housing, a unit of the Office of Student Affairs, operates the Michigan InfoChannel, part of a state of the art education and entertainment cable television system in its twelfth year on campus. The overall purpose of the Michigan InfoChannel is to enhance the quality of life for students residing in University Housing. Through information, education, and entertainment the cable channel will inform residents of a wide range of campus and community events and activities. 

We invite all schools, colleges, divisions and departments of the University to submit information pertaining to events, activities, and programs at the University of Michigan and throughout the Ann Arbor community. University Housing will broadcast these events 24 hours a day to students in their residence hall rooms. 

University affiliates may submit event information for InfoChannel broadcast on this web site.

Channel 53 - ResearchChannel
The ResearchChannel (formerly ResearchTV) was founded by a core group of research universities and corporate research divisions dedicated to broadening the access to and appreciation of our individual and collective activities, ideas, and opportunities in basic and applied research. One of the major goals of the ResearchChannel is to use content, content creation, and manipulation processes as a workbench to test materials for our future analog and digital broadcast and on-demand multimedia offerings, thus providing an unusual opportunity to experiment with new methods of distribution and interaction on a global basis. 

Channel 55 - WOLV-TV
With over 200 members, WOLV provides coverage of Michigan athletic events, news programming, game shows, and a variety of new programs and events. For updates on shows, program schedules, or getting involved, visit the WOLV-TV web site.

Channel 56 - RHA Movie Channel
The Residence Halls Association sponsors all movies played on the RHA Movie Channel. All movies are rented through vendors that contractually handle copyright procedures. Generally, the movies will be first-run new releases from a wide variety of studios. Movie listings, as well as other channel listings, are available on the RHA InfoChannel, Channel 56. You can also find a complete schedule for the month on the Housing website.

Channel 57 - ResComp TV
ResComp TV is provided to University Housing residents as a resource for training information, computer resources, and site status as well as network status.

Channel 58 - Residence Life Cinema
The Residence Life Cinema channel provides programming geared to specific issues affecting the lives of University Housing residents, such as academics, diversity, fire safety, security, and nutrition. In addition, Residence Life Cinema offers free programming from the top 2 college television networks:

National Lampoon Network currently services over 400 colleges and universities throughout the United States, reaching as many as 3.5 million students, or nearly one in four of all 18 to 24 year old college students.The combination of National Lampoon's original programming, combined with Burly Bear's edgy library of programs, returns National Lampoon to prominence on college campuses. In the 1970s and 80s, National Lampoon was the most widely read magazine on college campuses. And today, the website, nationallampoon.com, is one of the most popular humor sites on the internet.

Zilo TV brings colleges and universities the highest quality original programming integrated with other online and live event content. Broadcast in three-hour original programming blocks aired four times per week, our programs respond to the viewing needs of the college audience. Zilo TV addresses their interest in sports, music, reality and pop culture in a brand new way: fresh, edgy, and combined with live (we bring our programs on campus) and interactive components.