BTV Now Available on FiOS

Brick's municipal television station, BTV, can now be seen on the Verizon FiOS TV service on channels 32 and 33.

"We lobbied for BTV to be included in FiOS since Verizon initially began serving Brick Township's homes," said Mayor Stephen Acropolis in an e-mail. "It was important to us that those citizens have the same access to the information we put on BTV that other cable subscribers had and now they do. We are always striving for transparency."

Currently, BTV is showing on both channels 32 and 33.  The township plans on dedicating one channel to the news/event bulletin board and the other to programming, Acropolis said.

Brick Township council meetings are televised on BTV on Sundays at 8 p.m., Tuesdays at 10 a.m., Thursdays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays at 10 a.m.  They can also be viewed any time on the Township website at www.bricktownship.net.

"We go to great lengths to give citizens opportunities to see their local government at work," said Council President Brian DeLuca in a statement.

Acroplis also said that the township is planning to ask satellite television providers to make local government channels available. In a statement, Acropolis touted the township's use of its popular Facebook page as a way of communicating with residents.