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28 February 2005
First Nationwide Student-produced Television Channel
Powered by Internet2
The CampusEAI Consortium and Internet2 today announced the deployment of the OPEN Student Television Network, the first nationwide student-produced television channel. Through this collaboration, OPEN Student Television Network will now reach the over three million users at 220 Internet2 member research and education institutions, in addition to the 34 state education networks which have access to
theInternet2 Abilene network. Abilene is a nationwide high-performance backbone network which operates at a speed 20,000 times faster than the average household broadband connection.
Initiated by CampusEAI Consortium and Internet2 members including Case Western Reserve University, Indiana University, Ohio State University, Michigan State University, University of Connecticut, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Kansas, Emory University, Syracuse University, University of Southern California, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Emerson College, Carnegie Mellon University, and Washington University in St. Louis, the OPEN Student Television Network is an initiative that delivers student-produced television shows as a television channel and video-on-demand
"The success of the CampusEAI Consortium's efforts in delivering advanced multimedia content aligns well with the mission of Internet2," said Laurie Burns, executive director of member and partner relations for Internet2.
"The collaborative efforts between our organizations on the OPEN Student Television Network will pave the way for further content and idea sharing across the higher education community."
"We are pleased to be working with consortia like Internet2 to facilitate sharing of digital video amongst our membership," said Anjli Jain, executive director of the CampusEAI Consortium. "We look forward to further collaboration with the Internet2 community on this important OPEN Student Television Network initiative."
About CampusEAI Consortium
CampusEAI Consortium is a Cleveland-based, non-profit organization dedicated to facilitating the development and exchange of community-source software and digital content for the education community.
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