FOR
RELEASE:
October
13, 2005
YALE UNIVERSITY
JOINS THE OPEN STUDENT TELEVISION NETWORK
YTV
to Provide IP Television to Students, Staff and Faculty
NEW HAVEN – October 13, 2005
– Yale University announced that it has
joined
the OPEN Student Television Network (OSTN). By joining OSTN, students,
staff
and faculty at Yale will be able to securely access student television
shows
developed by peer institutions such as University of Southern
California, MIT, Ohio State
University,
Indiana University, University
of Nevada, Las Vegas, and broadcast television programming from content
providers such
as NBC Universal, FOX and Starz! Encore on their laptops and PCs.
The
OPEN
Student Television Network (OSTN) is a hosted IP Television service
that offers student-produced broadcast programming
over Abilene
-
Internet2's nationwide high-speed backbone network which provides
end-users
speeds 100-1000 times faster than the average household broadband
connection to
laptops and desktop PCs. The network reaches over three million users,
206
research and educational institutions, and 34 state education networks.
OSTN has also negotiated bulk discounts from major television content
providers
such as NBC Universal, FOX, and Starz Encore Group for secure delivery of their programming over campuses'
commercial Internet connections to the desktop using conditional
access
and digital rights management and Institutions participating in OSTN
opt-in and
pay a la carte for the programming on the OSTN IP Television service.
The OPEN
Student Television Network Channel is a national initiative of student
television stations working together to build a digital channel of
student
television shows. On the OSTN Channel, students are not only creating
content
but they are also making the important programming decisions that
appeal to
their peer viewing audience. The OSTN Channel provides opportunities
for
students through resources, community, exposure and experience. The
OSTN
Channel gives voice to students by connecting schools' TV stations
through
video content sharing and digital delivery of student-produced video
content to
the PC and TV.
"YTV is
very pleased to join OSTN. By offering Yale
students the opportunity to
have their work seen on campuses nationwide, this affiliation will
encourage
television and film production to a degree unprecedented on Yale’s
campus,”
exclaimed Emerson Davis, YTV’s Program Director. “In
addition, YTV looks forward to
contributing some of its existing content to OSTN, showcasing the
passions and
talents of past and current students."
“We are
pleased to see Yale
University joining
the
OPEN Student Television Network,” said Anjli Jain, Executive Director
of the
CampusEAI Consortium. “We look forward to further supporting this
important
initiative.”
“Yale’s YTV is a perfect example of what
students can achieve in the most competitive of environments. Even though Yale does not offer a formal
track for Film, Television or Communications, we are seeing some
incredibly
entertaining and creative programming coming out of New Haven!
This is just one example of why OSTN is growing so quickly,”
says Shane
Walker, Vice President of OSTN Studios.
“We look forward to working with YTV and their talented team.”
For more information on the OPEN Student
Television Network send an e-mail to .
To apply for membership in the OPEN Student Television Network, visit http://www.ostn.tv/join.shtm.
About Yale University
Founded in 1701, the University consists of
twelve schools, the four-year undergraduate school; the Yale Graduate
School of
Arts and Sciences; and ten professional schools. Yale’s roots can be
traced
back to the 1640’s, when colonial clergymen led an effort to establish
a
college in New Haven to preserve the
tradition
of European liberal education in the New World. For more information, visit www.yale.edu.
About CampusEAI Consortium
Led by over 100 primary, secondary, and
post-secondary education institutions in Australia, Canada, United
Kingdom, and
the United States, CampusEAI Consortium is a Cleveland-based,
non-profit
organization dedicated to facilitating the development, exchange,
delivery, and
support of community-source software and digital content. For more
information,
visit www.campuseai.org.
About Internet2
Led by over
200 U.S.
universities, working with industry and government, Internet2 is
developing and
deploying advanced network applications and technologies for research
and
higher education, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet.
Internet2
recreates the partnerships among academia, industry, and government
that helped
foster today's Internet in its infancy. For more information about
Internet2,
see: http://www.internet2.edu/
About Open Student Television network
Launched by
Internet2 and the CampusEAI Consortium,
the OPEN Student Television Network (OSTN) is a hosted IP Television
service
that offers traditional broadcast television programming and university
produced
programming securely over Internet2 to laptops and desktop PCs. For more information, visit www.ostn.tv.
INFORMATION:
Emerson Davis
Program
Director, Yale Television
Yale University
(203)
927-3430
Rishu Sharma
Director
of Communications
CampusEAI
Consortium
(216)589-9626
Regards,
Rich Griffin
Vice President of Technology
OPEN Student Television Network
CampusEAI Consortium
1940 East 6th Street, 11th Floor
Cleveland, OH 44114
Tel: 216.589.9626 ext. 158
Mobile: 216.470.6183
Fax: 216.589.9639
www.ostn.tv
www.campuseai.org
