QPTV

Name

QPTV

Legal name

Queens Public Communications Corporation

Website

https://qptv.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Access Community Television

NAICS

Television Broadcasting Stations (516120), Radio Broadcasting Stations (51611)

SIC

Television Broadcasting Stations (4833), Radio Broadcasting Stations (4832)

akta.pro primary industry

National Public Television Networks & Member Stations (PBS-style) (MPABADAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

National Public Radio Networks & Member Stations (NPR-style) (MPABADAB), Public Service News Channels (MPABAIAE)

Keywords

• Public access television
• Community media center
• Media production training
• Studio production services
• Community broadcasting

Headquarters

HQ city

Flushing

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Cable Franchise Fees: Funded through cable franchise fees as a public access television station, providing free community media access to Queens residents.
2. Training Workshop Fees: Modest materials fees charged for training workshops including Studio Production ($85 for 3 Hours, 10 Weeks), Field Production, and Editing workshops.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Queens Public Television (QPTV) operates a community media center that trains Queens, New York residents to produce television programming and cablecasts their content across four television channels reaching over 500,000 cable subscribers. The organization provides professional HD studio facilities, field production equipment, non-linear editing training, and broadcast distribution, supplemented by free community bulletin board and public service announcement services for local nonprofits, plus original programming through QPTV Presents and QPTV LIVE simulcasts.

Product overview

Queens Public Television (QPTV) operates as a community media center serving Queens, New York. The organization offers a unified platform combining television broadcasting, radio/podcasts, and media training services. The core offering includes original television programming through QPTV Presents, a comprehensive Program Guide, and QPTV LIVE Simulcasts of community events. Supporting services include media training workshops (Studio Production, Field Production, and Editing using Adobe Premiere), production facilities (Studios A and B), and community engagement tools (Community Bulletin Board and Public Service Announcements for nonprofits). Audio services encompass QPTV Radio and four podcast series: Around Queens, Queens County USA, Queens Creative, and Community Media Podcast. Program distribution includes Specials (limited-run) and Series through a biennial Lottery system. All services primarily serve Queens residents, with training facilities available at no charge for certified producers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• QPTV Radio: Community-centric programming from Queens Public Television offering an eclectic mix of original content including podcasts and audio versions of award-winning television programs
• Around Queens
• Queens County USA
• Queens Creative
• Community Media Podcast
• QPTV Presents
• Queens Delish
• Faces of Queens

Products and services

• QPTV Presents Original productions by Queens Public Television's in-house production team, including documentaries and coverage of civic, cultural, and public interest events in Queens, New York.
• Studio Production Workshop 10-week, 3-hour workshop training Queens residents in microphone set-ups, camera switching, special effects generation, green screen techniques, graphics, lighting, and live call-in show production using QPTV's professional HD studio; $85 materials fee.
• Field Production Workshop Training in creating programs in the field with portable equipment, including hands-on practice in audio/video recording, lighting, and remote camera operations.
• Editing Workshop Non-linear editing training on PC platform using Adobe Premiere Software, including intensive hands-on training on building a program using music, graphics, and special effects.
• QPTV Studios (Studio A and Studio B) Two fully equipped production studios available at no charge for certified Queens residents: Studio A is a complete HD professional television production studio with separate control room, audio room, and announce booth; Studio B is a professional express production studio for smaller-scale productions.
• QPTV Specials Limited-run shows scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis when timeslots are available. Specials do not require registration in QPTV's Lottery.
• Series / QPTV Lottery Ongoing weekly or monthly shows selected through QPTV's biennial lottery drawing; half-hour shows capped at 28:30 and hour shows at 58:30.
• QPTV Radio Community-centric audio programming from Queens Public Television offering an eclectic mix of original audio content including QPTV podcasts and audio versions of award-winning television programs.
• Community Bulletin Board Free outlet for Queens-based nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status to provide the community with announcements and public service information.
• Public Service Announcements Free public service announcements offered to not-for-profit organizations to provide the community with announcements highlighting facets of their organization.
• QPTV LIVE Simulcasts Live simulcasts of community events, town halls, political forums, and cultural celebrations, including events with elected officials such as Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Queens Borough President.

Quantifiable outcome

• Trained thousands of residents and cablecast over 100,000 programs since 1982

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerQPTV hosts visiting journalists from the International Visitor Leadership Program, administered by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs. Journalists from countries including Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea, Libya, and Francophone Africa have visited QPTV's facilities, learning about community media operations.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Brooklyn Community Access Television (BCAT / BK Live): BCAT (rebranded BK Live) provides Brooklyn residents with free media production training, studio access, and channel carriage — the Brooklyn counterpart to QPTV's Queens operation, with the same nonprofit/public-access structure and cable franchise funding model.
• BronxNet: BronxNet is the Bronx's public access television network, cablecasting community-produced programming and training Bronx residents in production. Operates under the same NYC cable franchise framework as QPTV with overlapping cable distributor relationships.
• Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN): MNN is the Manhattan borough's community access media center, offering free training, studio access, and channel carriage on Spectrum/RCN/Verizon — directly parallel to QPTV's model in the adjacent borough. Operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit under a similar NYC franchise-fee funding structure.
• Staten Island Community Television (SITV): SITV is the Staten Island borough's community access TV operation, training residents and cablecasting locally produced programming. Same NYC public-access governance model and franchise-fee funding as QPTV, though at smaller scale.
• Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV): DCTV is a Manhattan-based nonprofit community media center providing film and video production workshops and equipment access to NYC residents. Highly comparable to QPTV's training-and-access mission, though with a stronger documentary filmmaking orientation.

Emerging players

• Free Speech TV (FSTV): FSTV is a national nonprofit public-affairs network cablecast on cable systems and streamed online, with a mission centered on First Amendment/free-expression media — overlapping thematically with QPTV's free-speech platform value proposition but at national rather than local scale.
• Deep Dish TV: Deep Dish TV is a national grassroots community media network that aggregates content from community producers and distributes via satellite and online — thematically comparable to QPTV's producer-training-and-distribution model but operating at a national rather than borough scale.

Regional players

• Cambridge Community Television (CCTV): CCTV is Cambridge, MA's community media center offering production training, equipment access, and cable channel programming — structurally identical to QPTV in a different regional market.
• PhillyCAM: PhillyCAM is Philadelphia's community access media center, providing free media training and cable channel access to Philadelphia residents. Direct functional analog to QPTV in a different city market.
• Boston Neighborhood Network (BNN): BNN is Boston's community access media center offering free production training, studio access, and cable channel carriage on Comcast — comparable to QPTV in mission and structure, but operating in a different geographic market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/qptv
• Facebookfacebook.com/284377160369

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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