BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn to cablecast Brooklyn Borough President’s State of the Borough Address
Live cablecast of Borough President Marty Markowitz’s Inauguration and Annual Address to be aired on the BCAT TV Network

Brooklyn, NY – BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn is pleased to present Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz’s Inauguration and State of the Borough Address on its BCAT TV Network. The address will air live on Wednesday, February 3rd at 7pm on Time Warner 56, Cablevision 69, RCN 84 and in all five boroughs on Verizon 44.

The event takes place at the newly-opened YMCA Sports Complex at Park Slope Armory and will feature President Markowitz’s inauguration, entertainment from a variety of Brooklyn performers and the annual State of the Borough Address. The cablecast will appear as part of the Brooklyn Independent Television (BIT) programming block on the BCAT TV Network and will be hosted by BIT’s Brian Vines and Megan Donis.

Viewers outside of Brooklyn may tune in for a live stream of the Borough President’s annual address online at www.bricartsmedia.org/bcat. The address will be re-aired on the BCAT TV Network on Friday, February 5th, Tuesday, February 9th and Tuesday, February 16th at 2pm and 10pm on Time Warner 56, Cablevision 69, RCN 84 and Verizon 44.  On-demand video of the State of the Borough Address can be found online at www.bricartsmedia.org/bitspecials starting Friday, February 5th.

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BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn is a multi-disciplinary arts and media non-profit dedicated to presenting contemporary art, performing arts, and community media programs that reflect Brooklyn’s diverse communities, and to providing resources and platforms to support the creative process. All of its offerings are free or low cost, to enhance the public’s access to and understanding of arts and media. Each year, upwards of a million people in Brooklyn and citywide are served through our programs.

BRIC’s community media program offers affordable media facilities, equipment and education as well as Brooklyn-focused television programming to Brooklyn residents through the BCAT Media Center; the Brooklyn Center for Media Education, and the BCAT TV Network with its three programming initiatives: Brooklyn Independent Television (BIT), the community-produced Brooklyn Free Speech TV and the Brooklyn Bulletin Board, a 24/7 looping community announcement service used by over 2,000 Brooklyn non-profits. The BCAT TV Network’s programming is cablecast into the homes of 485,000 Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, RCN and Verizon subscribers throughout Brooklyn and streamed online to reach viewers all over the world.