SCVTV

What SCVTV does

SCVTV is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation that operates a public local television channel and digital video platform serving the Santa Clarita Valley region of California. Founded in 2008 and headquartered at 22505 14th Street Unit E, Santa Clarita, the organization produces and distributes hyperlocal content spanning news, community events, local sports, school broadcasts, arts and entertainment, government proceedings (including City Council meetings), local history, and original commercial production for Santa Clarita-area businesses. Its core product is the scvtv.com video platform, supplemented by an on-site production studio with control room and edit suites, plus social distribution on Facebook, Twitter/X, and Flickr, and a mobile-optimized site.

The content lineup is anchored by recurring original series such as Community Corner (currently in Season 7, co-hosted by Carrie Lujan and Dave Caldwell), This Week in Santa Clarita (TWISC), SCV 101 profile interviews with local figures, Training Tuesdays with M fitness content, and daily school broadcasts originating from at least eight local K-12 campuses. Operational technology is conventional broadcast and video production; there is no public API, SDK, or mobile app, and no AI/ML or developer-facing tooling is disclosed.

SCVTV is funded through donations, sponsorships, and community support rather than consumer pricing, with revenue supplemented by original commercial production services marketed to local Santa Clarita businesses (e.g., a Bodicurv commercial on the platform). The organization is led by President Leon Worden and operates with a small staff band of 11-50 employees. No parent company, subsidiaries, funding rounds, M&A activity, partnerships, regulatory actions, or awards are disclosed in the source data.

Name

SCVTV

Legal name

SCVTV

Website

https://scvtv.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Public Television Broadcasting

NAICS

Television Broadcasting Stations (51612), Radio and Television Broadcasting Stations (5161)

SIC

Television Broadcasting Stations (4833)

akta.pro primary industry

Educational/Public-Service Broadcast Networks (MPABAAAE)

Keywords

• Local television broadcasting
• Community media production
• Public access television
• Video production services
• Local news coverage

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Clarita

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SCVTV is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that operates a public local television channel and digital video platform serving the Santa Clarita Valley. It produces and distributes original hyperlocal programming covering local news, community events, school broadcasts, government meetings, local sports, arts and entertainment, and historical content. The station also provides commercial video production services for local businesses using its full production studio, control room, and edit suites located in Santa Clarita.

Product overview

SCVTV is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit local television station serving Santa Clarita Valley. The platform operates as a digital video content hub featuring original programming across multiple categories including news, sports, schools, arts, entertainment, community, government, history, and local business. Core offerings include the SCVTV.com video platform, Original Commercials production services for local businesses, and various content series such as Community Corner (Season 7), This Week in Santa Clarita (TWISC), SCV 101, and Training Tuesdays with M. The station maintains a full production studio with control room and edit suites at their Santa Clarita facility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SCVTV.com Video Platform The primary digital video publishing platform for SCVTV, providing Santa Clarita Valley residents with on-demand access to local news, sports, schools, arts, entertainment, community, government, history, and local business video content.
• Original Commercials Production Service
• SCVTV Production Studio Full in-house production facility with control room and edit suites available for video production work, located at SCVTV's Santa Clarita headquarters and used for both original programming and commercial client work.
• Daily School Broadcasts
• Community Corner (Original Series)
• This Week in Santa Clarita (TWISC)
• SCV 101 (Original Series)
• Training Tuesdays with M

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• PBS SoCal: PBS SoCal is a regional PBS member station serving Southern California with an educational and community-broadcast mission. Like SCVTV, it is a nonprofit local broadcaster funded by member support, producing original local content and operating production facilities for the region.
• KCET: KCET is the Los Angeles-area public television station operating as a nonprofit with a similar hyperlocal/community-public-service broadcast model. SCVTV and KCET both produce original local programming, distribute via over-the-air plus web, and rely on member support and sponsorships from a Southern California audience.
• KPBS (San Diego): KPBS is the public television and radio station for San Diego, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit producing local journalism, education content, and community programming funded by members and grants. It is a comparable community-public-broadcast nonprofit operating in another major Southern California media market.
• Access Sacramento: Access Sacramento is a nonprofit community media center providing public access television, local programming, and production training in the Sacramento region. It shares SCVTV's nonprofit, community-broadcast, member-supported operating model.
• KLCS (LAUSD): KLCS is the Los Angeles Unified School District's educational television station, providing instructional and student-produced programming. It overlaps SCVTV in daily school broadcasts and educational content production, both serving the Southern California K-12 ecosystem.
• Pasadena Media: Pasadena Media operates Pasadena's community television channels as a nonprofit, producing local news, government meeting coverage, and community programming funded by a mix of franchise fees and sponsorships. Its operating model closely mirrors SCVTV's community-service nonprofit broadcaster structure.
• LA CityView (Channel 35): LA CityView is the City of Los Angeles government and community access channel, providing live and on-demand coverage of city council meetings, local programming, and civic content. It is a direct functional analog to SCVTV's local-news and government-meeting coverage in a different but comparable Southern California jurisdiction.

Broad incumbents

• Tegna: Tegna is a major U.S. broadcast television operator running local NBC, CBS, ABC, and FOX affiliates that deliver local news to many Southern California markets. As a broad incumbent, Tegna stations overlap SCVTV's local-news and community-information function at scale.
• Sinclair Broadcast Group: Sinclair is one of the largest U.S. broadcast station operators, producing local news and community programming across dozens of regional markets. It is relevant as an established broadcast incumbent competing for the same local-news and advertising dollars in overlapping markets.
• Spectrum News 1 (Southern California): Spectrum News 1 produces hyperlocal news and original programming across Southern California markets including communities near Santa Clarita. As a large established cable-news operator, it competes for the same local advertising and audience attention as SCVTV.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SCVTV20
• Facebookfacebook.com/scvtv
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/scvtv

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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