Rice Television and Video Production records

While the start date is unclear, Rice Broadcast Television [RBT] began original programming on October 29, 1998 with a topical news show focused on worldwide and Rice news stories. In that year, RBT received funding from the Vice President of Student Affairs office. In March 1999, RBT became a blanket tax student organization.

RBT continued in this way until April 2005 when it changed its name to Rice Television 5 [RTV5].

In Fall 2015, RTV5's leadership changed the club's name to Rice Video Productions [RVP]. Since they avoided going through the Student Association for this re-brand, they almost lost their funding access during a general election referendum. On January 23, 2017, RVP requested to no longer receive Blanket Tax Committee funding, because they considered that their mission included filming student events, but also original programming. The Student Association respected RVP's request and dissolved funding on January 30th.

RVP's YouTube shows that the group continued to upload content to the social media network, with the last group of videos uploaded on February 25, 2017.

Over its lifespan, the club mainly filmed events for other clubs and student events like Lunar New Year, Soul Night, and Beer Bike. It also dabbled at different times in original programming.