What is Paper Tiger Television?

Paper Tiger has been creating fun, funky, hard-hitting, investigative, compelling and truly alternative media since 1981! The programs produced at PTTV have inspired media-savvy community productions and activism around the world. Our archive includes shows that provide critical analysis of media, educate about the communications industry and highlight issues that are absent from mainstream information sources. Through the distribution of our short documentary programs, media literacy/video production workshops, community screenings and grassroots advocacy, PTTV works to expose and challenge the corporate control of media. Because of the bias and misrepresentation of issues in mainstream media it is critical to include diverse perspectives in the process of making media. PTTV strives to increase awareness of how media can be used to affect social change. A public that can strategically and creatively use the media is necessary for a more equitable and healthy democracy.

What's going on at Paper Tiger...

PTTV's 30TH ANNIVERSARY!

PAPER TIGER TELEVISION turned 30! Yes, we have been doing creative media activism for three decades! To celebrate, we are putting together a series of events around New York City. Main events include:
--> exhibition of our archive at Fales Library Gallery
--> Opening Panel: The Roaring Years of Paper Tiger
--> Conference: "Being the Media: Designing a new Rrradical Media"
--> screenings at MoMA’s Documentary Fortnight 2012

Please visit our anniversary page for more information about all events.

If you wish to support this project, check out our Kickstarter campaign.

PAPER TIGER TELEVISION BROADCASTS ON PUBLIC ACCESS EVERY WEDNESDAY.

Brooklyn Community Access Television BCAT Schedule
Wednesdays at 3pm and 11pm
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Manhattan Neighborhood Network MNN Schedule
Wednesdays at 8pm (MNN4- Culture)
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Paper Tiger Invites You to Join the Collective.
Paper Tiger Television is a creative, nonprofit, volunteer-based artists collective that produces documentaries, studio shows and advocacy shorts. Most collective members are media makers interested in creative, independent, alternative media production. We learn as we go and if nothing else bring enthusiasm and chutspa! Click here to find out more about joining the collective.