New York Network to Phase Out Operations Over Next 12 Months

May 31, 2012

Albany – New York Network, a video production service operated by the State University of New York, will phase out its operations over the next 12 months. Fundamental changes in its business environment have seriously degraded the Network’s ability to remain fully self-supporting. Additionally, the majority of current equipment is at or near end-of-life, requiring a major multi-million dollar investment that is simply unaffordable in these difficult economic times.

“The decision to close the Network was in no way based on the performance or quality of work of our team,” said Neil Satterly, executive director of the Network. “The unfortunate truth is that as technology advanced over the years, a centralized video production solution was no longer a financially viable solution for SUNY, and very little of our business was actually being done on behalf of the University.”

Satterly emphasized that while they will not be engaging in any new work, Network staff will continue to serve existing customers during the phase out period.

The Network currently employs 30 staff members. Retrenchment will occur in compliance with the relevant bargaining unit agreement, and some staff may be reassigned within SUNY.

About the State University of New York
The State University of New York, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, is the largest comprehensive system of higher education in the United States, and more than 95 percent of all New Yorkers live within 30 miles of any one of SUNY’s 64 colleges and universities. Across the system, SUNY has four academic health centers, five hospitals, four medical schools, two dental schools, a law school, the country’s oldest school of maritime, the state’s only college of optometry, and manages one US Department of Energy National Laboratory. In total, SUNY serves about 1.4 million students amongst its entire portfolio of credit- and non-credit-bearing courses and programs, continuing education, and community outreach programs. SUNY oversees nearly a quarter of academic research in New York. Research expenditures system-wide are nearly $1.1 billion in fiscal year 2022, including significant contributions from students and faculty. There are more than three million SUNY alumni worldwide, and one in three New Yorkers with a college degree is a SUNY alum. To learn more about how SUNY creates opportunities, visit suny.edu.

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