The lineup for the PVN Movie Channel is set approximately 45 days (6 weeks) prior to the beginning of each month. To provide diverse and rich programming each month, the PVN staff works in constant cooperation with student life programs, faculty members, and students.

If you would like to request a movie, or provide feedback on our service, the following options are available:

Email: video[@]isc.upenn.edu
Call: 898-4336 ("V-IDEO")

Each month, the Penn Video Network office publishes a schedule for the PVN Movie Channels (ch. 11 and 22). If you would like to get on our email list so that you will receive the schedule automatically at the beginning of each month, please send an email to video[@]isc.upenn.edu requesting that your name be added.

You must furnish a valid e-mail address and your full name.

The PVN Movie Channel is presented to satisfy many different needs, and to suit many different sensibilities. Our goal is to provide as much cinematic variety, and to satisfy as many different tastes, as we can each month. If the balance is perfect, you should be able to count on finding a good representation of recent blockbusters, films supporting current academic courses at Penn, interesting independent cinema, Hollywood "classics," favorites from the 60s - 80s, movies having a tie-in to student events here at Penn, international films ... and much more. Because cinematic taste is so very subjective, and because we're intending to please a very diverse set of demands, you'll find that some months are more to your liking than are others.

If you want to give us feedback on the movie channels, drop us a line at video[@]isc.upenn.edu. Please understand, though, that for every message we receive saying, "Why are there so many annoying subtitled movies this month?" we also receive messages saying, "How come you don't show more foreign films!?"

The films we run are obtained from distribution companies that provide us with the appropriate legal broadcast rights for the kind of system we operate. We lease the films on a monthly basis, and return them immediately after their playdates have expired. We do not have a video inventory here on site.

The distribution companies serving the college market handle a fairly comprehensive list of film studios' output, but not all movies are available at all times for broadcast. In fact, a film may be available for rental in "home video," but will not be available legally for closed-circuit broadcast.

One of the worst mistakes we can make is to disrupt a movie before its conclusion. We sincerely apologize when that happens.

The PVN is not staffed around the clock. Nearly all of our movie channel broadcast operations are automated; so, every once in awhile, a VCR or computer glitch will cause a problem. Please -- let us know when such problems happen. If we are not made aware of such a problem, it's quite possible that the problem will repeat itself.

Just drop us a line at video[@]isc.upenn.edu or give us a call 8-4336 (V-IDEO) and we'll look into the problem as soon as we can.