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From: "Lauren B. Kallens" 
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Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 7:50 AM
Subject: [I2-NEWS] Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Joins The OPEN 
Student
Television Network


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> Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Joins The OPEN Student Television
> Network
>
> MIT to Provide IP Television to Students, Staff and Faculty
>
> CAMBRIDGE, MA - July 26, 2005 - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> announced that it has joined the OPEN Student Television Network (OSTN). By
> joining OSTN, students, staff and faculty at MIT will be able to securely
> access student television shows developed by peer institutions such as
> University of Southern California, Syracuse University, 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.
>
> "The CampusEAI Consortium's OPEN Student Television Network represents an
> exciting and unique opportunity for MIT to provide original programming over
> advanced networks to its community," Said Vijay Kumar, Assistant Provost and
> Director of Academic Computing, Information Services & Technology,
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
>
> "MIT Cable's participation in the OPEN Student Television Network will
> furnish MIT students an exceptional opportunity to have their work seen at
> over 70 universities.  OSTN creates possibilities for student collaboration
> on a scale unimaginable only several years ago," said Randy Winchester, Team
> Leader for MIT Cable Television at the Massachusetts Institute of
> Technology.  "I am anticipating that OSTN will encourage many new students
> to get involved with video production, and may very well kindle a
> renaissance in student video production."
>
> "One of Internet2's primary missions is to provide a platform for
> collaboration and innovation among the research and education community",
> said Jill Arnold, director of member and partner relations for Internet2.
> "The OPEN Student Television Network is an example of a leading initiative
> that enables this kind of idea sharing and content distribution across
> higher education - providing students and faculty greater access to
> multimedia learning materials and information."
>
> "We are pleased to see Massachusetts Institute of Technology joining the
> OPEN Student Television Network," said Anjli Jain, Executive Director of the
> CampusEAI Consortium. "We look forward to further supporting this important
> initiative."
>
> "Everyone here is really excited to have MIT join OSTN and look forward to
> collaborating on many levels with such a respectable university, especially
> in the HD area." says Shane Walker, Vice President of OSTN Studios. "The
> bulk discount agreements, which OSTN has negotiated with the television
> content providers, will help MIT to decrease the costs of providing IP
> television to the student, staff and faculty community."
>
> 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 MIT
> The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in science,
> technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation
> and the world in the 21st century.
>
> 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 and exchange of community-source software
> and digital content. For more information, visit www.campuseai.org.
>
> About Internet2
> Internet2 is a consortium being led by 206 universities working in
> partnership with industry and government to develop and deploy advanced
> network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of
> tomorrow's Internet. Internet2 is recreating the partnership among academia,
> industry and government that fostered today's Internet in its infancy.
>
> 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.
>
> ###
>
>
> INFORMATION:
> Randy Winchester
> Team Leader, MIT Cable Television
> Massachusetts Institutes of Technology
> (617) 253-7431; 
> 
>
> Rishu Sharma
> Director of Communications
> The CampusEAI Consortium
>  (216)791-6469; 
> 
>
> Rich Griffin
> Vice President of Technology
> OPEN student Television Network
>  (216)470-6183;
> 
>
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