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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 27, 2023 Page 5 Mr. Ongstad explained the channels do require a cable subscription but that they are also streamed online if someone wanted to watch, through the Nine North web- site. Councilmember Strahan asked about how much viewership is through cable at this point. She wondered what the long-term prognosis is on cable. Mr. Ongstad explained they do not get ratings, so it is hard to tell how many people are watching at any one time. Nine North does get viewership on social media and that sort of stuff that is counted. But as far as the cable, they do not get Nielsen ratings or anything like that. Councilmember Strahan wondered who advertises for Nine North and if it is up to the City to let people know Nine North exists. Mr. Ongstad explained Nine North is promoted through different mediums,mostly in social media and they try to make everyone as aware as possible. It is helpful if the cities promote them on where the meetings are and other things as well. Councilmember Etten explained he had an opportunity to speak with Mr. Ongstad briefly before while teaching as a choir director in the Mounds View Schools.Nine North has provided a great service for that, which is certainly something that touches parts of Roseville. He appreciated how the cities are a big piece of it, but the school districts and a lot of families find it to be very helpful, so he appreciates that services for the community. As they look at various tools for people to access, he asked if Nine North has looked at YouTube Live as an option for City Council meetings as a different way to have that available for people. Mr. Ongstad explained Nine North actually does that with a couple of their con- tracted cities. Meetings are done for outside of the course of things and they are available and actually stream their meetings on YouTube Live, which is an option if the City wants to do that. Councilmember Groff thought this service was extremely important, especially since the City does not have a local newspaper. He also liked the expansion Mr. Ongstad is talking about in 2023. Councilmember Schroeder asked how Nine North is going to choose which events to add. Mr. Ongstad indicated it will be a wide variety of ways. Nine North would like people to be looking for things and to contact them if they have something such as a story to be done. He noted Nine North is in the process of hiring someone so by mid-May, they hoped to be fully staffed in order to expand the number of things Nine North does.