BATV What is BATV?

What is Batavia Access Television?

Batavia Access Television, Inc., or BATV, provides community and government access programming to the residents of our viewing community. BATV facilities, equipment, and programming slots are available at no cost to any certified individual.

BATV programming is distributed to over 8,500 households and businesses in Batavia, Campton, Plato, and Rutland Townships of unincorporated Kane County, along with AT&T U-verse customers throughout Northern Illinois. Our Public Access (17) Channel is also streaming live on our website to viewers around the world.

Volunteer at BATV

BATV offers a number of opportunities for citizens, community organizations, and youth clubs to become involved. BATV currently organizes community volunteers for most productions, and as BATV volunteerism increases, so do the events recorded and broadcast. If you are interested in broadcasting, sports commentary, talk show hosting, voice-overs, live sports broadcasts, video editing, or anything else related to television production, please contact us! We have lots of projects for people to work on.

The mission of Batavia Access Television is to educate, entertain, celebrate, engage, and inspire the community through programming that enhances the quality of life for all. BATV is governed by a board of twelve members. Meetings are held the fourth Friday of each month, except for holidays, when the date and time are determined at the previous month’s meeting.

Get behind the camera!

Because of COVID-19, our studio is closed to visitors, but we are happy to schedule camera training at local places in Batavia. Anyone interested in becoming certified should email info@mybatv.com or visit BATV1017 on Facebook. For more information visit mybatv.com. We are looking for camera volunteers to help cover our local government channel..