All things related to multicast

["Marshall Eubanks" <>]

Dear Ben;

Is this a multicast application ? ASM or SSM (or VPN ?) Any place to find out 
more information ?

Regards
Marshall

On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 11:08:11 -0700
 "Ben Chinowsky" 
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 wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 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
> 
> 
> >
> > 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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