The network's production facilities and administrative departments are based at the Boston University College of Communication (COM).

Established in 1984 as BUTV by then COM freshman Staffan Sandberg and rebranded BUTV10 in 2005, the organization produces an array of news, information, sports, drama, comedy, and variety programming.

Content has received multiple Associated Press, NATAS, Telly, and Webby Award recognitions.

[1] Though students produced content under the BUTV umbrella for two decades, Boston University had no formal distribution platform.

According to butv10 faculty advisor Christophor Cavalieri, once the campus was wired for cable, the plan for a student-run television station was initiated in September 2005.