SCVTV™ is a California nonprofit public-benefit corporation dedicated to providing local television and multimedia programming and service to the Santa Clarita Valley.

    SCVTV.com is "Local Television for Santa Clarita" on the Internet. Operated solely for public benefit, SCVTV.com provides a live stream of the television channel and also podcasts programming for 24/7 playback. All programs produced locally (by SCVTV and anyone else) for playback on television are also podcast on SCVTV.com.

    Now, local residents and businesses have a place to upload and share their videos with the rest of the Santa Clarita Valley — and the world.

    SCV Communications Group is a California nonprofit producer of videos and other media content for local charitable organizations.

All content, whether text or video, on any SCVTV website (SCVTV.com, YourSCV.com, SCVNonprofit.org, etc.) is copyrighted — by someone. You are free to view it; e-mail your friends about it; download podcasts for your own personal, noncommerical use; and link to any page ending in "html." However, you may not disassemble, alter or redistribute any content, or embed any audio or video or podcast (in whole or in part) into any website or blog, without the express permission of both SCVTV and any additional copyright holder.

By submitting a video for playback on Channel 20 or any SCVTV website, you are affirming that you have all necessary rights to display it on and disseminate it over the Internet, including any music or "B-roll" it may contain. Also, you acknowledge that you are permanently licensing to SCVTV, and to any affiliated entities that may exist now or in the future, its unconditional use and distribution in all current and future formats. "SCVTV" is a registered trademark of SCVTV (U.S. Patent No. 3339007) and the name may not be used in any form without express permission. Content is made available on the SCVTV websites at the sole discretion of SCVTV. Violation or falsfication of any of these terms and affirmations, whether intentional or unintentional, may result in penalties ranging from temporary suspension to permanent revocation of playback privileges.

When is it — and when isn't it — OK to repurpose someone else's copyrighted work? What is in the public domain? When must you get someone's permission to appear in your video? We offer no legal advice, but these documents may provide some guidance:

    A Santa Clarita Valley (Calif.) resident since 1970, UCLA graduate and award-winning journalist (Associated Press, California Newspaper Publishers Association, National Newspaper Association, Numismatic Literary Guild awards for investigative reporting, business writing, opinion pages, websites), Leon was Senior Editor of The Signal newspaper until 2007 and continues to serve on its editorial board. He has produced local television programming since 2002 and has served as president of the SCV Historical Society, chairman of the City of Santa Clarita's Newhall Redevelopment Committee, founding director of the Friends of Mentryville, founding member of the Los Angeles County Small Business Commission and the county's Ad-Hoc Committee on Homeless Services (SCV), and co-creator of the SCV Sheriff Station's first Haunted Jailhouse. Leon continues to serve as chairman of the Santa Clarita Valley Fourth of July Parade; publisher of the Old Town Newhall Gazette; manager of SCVTV.com, SCV History In Pictures (scvhistory.com) and other local websites; member of the Newhall Redevelopment Committee; president of SCV Communications Group (a nonprofit publishing and production company); and is a regular contributing writer for COINage, the largest U.S. numismatic monthly. He has won consecutive NLG awards for best coin article in a U.S. coin magazine (2006, 2007); in 2008 he won the NLG's top journalism award for best numismatic article in any medium, worldwide. Leon can be found in the magazine section of major bookstores across the country.

    Michael has lived in the Santa Clarita Valley for nearly 20 years. Following a decade in the Flight Test Engineering Department at the famous Lockheed Skunk Works in Burbank, he has spent the last 18 years an Audio Engineer mixing shows for every major network and cable channel and has two Emmy nominations for his work. He spent 10 years on the road with ABC Sports, televising just about every sport there is. For four years, he toured with Frank Sinatra as a staff engineer and on both the "Duets" and "Duets 2" CDs. He now stays closer to home as one of the top television audio mixers in Hollywood. His current shows include "Divorce Court" for Fox, "The Gong Show" for Comedy Central and "Merv Griffin's Crosswords." In September he will head the audio team for the new Bonnie Hunt talk show for Telepictures. He designs and rents audio systems used to produce television shows. An active volunteer in the community, Michael helps teach television production to local junior and senior high school students and is an advisor to the Hart School District ROP program. He rebuilt and upgraded the Channel 20 Community Access television studio and edit bay; has volunteered for 14 years with the Saugus High School Band, recording 13 CDs for Jazz Ensemble; and works with the City of Santa Clarita Disaster Preparedness Group as a City Radio Officer and designed and built the City's emergency communication system. For fun, he can be found on his boat on a local lake, riding his Harley or throwing a tennis ball to his golden retriever, Winston.

    Fred's family came to Newhall in 1938 and purchased the Newhall Signal and Saugus Enterprise newspaper. He was born and raised in the Santa Clarita Valley, attended local schools and served in the United States Army from 1966 to 1968. Fred is a magna cum laude graduate of Pepperdine University and is a former SCV Man of the Year. After 31 years with Southern California Edison, Fred formed a consulting company focusing on organization development; a sports media company that does filming and promotional work for Eastmans' Publishing on the Outdoor Channel; and he is a senior partner in Paladin Principle, a regional public relations and governmental affairs firm. Fred also served as a field deputy for former Assemblyman Dr. Keith Richman.