OCT Internship Form

The Office of Cable Television (OCT) is accepting applications for student internships. The OCT internship program is designed to educate and provide experience to students in the areas of television production and business organizational skills. Academic credit may be earned for satisfactory completion of the internship program. Academic credit will be applied pursuant to all rules and standards required by the institution in which each student is enrolled. Students will be expected to participate in the program for no less than 12 hours per week and no more than 20 hours per week.

OCT is a District of Columbia Government agency that operates under the Executive Office of the Mayor. The agency is responsible for regulating cable television and similar video system operators in the District of Columbia.

OCT operates and manages two government cable channels, TV-13 and DCN. TV-13 provides gavel-to-gavel coverage of the live and recorded activities of the DC Council and its various committees. DCN provides information on the many programs, services, and opportunities made available by the District of Columbia Government. DCN also features Mayoral press conferences, District Government agency developments and exciting feature programming spotlighting the future of Washington.

TV-13 and DCN are available within the basic channel line-up for cable systems operated in the District of Columbia.