The Use of Rich-Media Resources for Scholarly CommunicationNet@EDU Annual MeetingTempe, Arizona, February 2007

Amy PhilipsonExecutive DirectorResearchChannelTimothy LorangProduction ManagerResearchChannel

THINK FORWARD. THINK RESEARCHCHANNEL.

ResearchChannel and Educause

http://www.educause.edu/SecurityVideoContest2007

Vision

To be a world leader in connecting research and academic institutions with a global audience that is keenly interested in a deeper understanding of the developments, insights and discoveries affecting our lives and futures.

Universidad de Puerto Rico

Universidade de São Paulo

University of Alaska - Fairbanks

University of Chicago

University of Hawaii

University of Maryland - College Park

University of Pennsylvania

University of Southern California

University of Virginia

University of Washington

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Virginia Tech

Yale University

Duke University

George Mason University

Indiana University, School of Informatics

Johns Hopkins University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

National University of Singapore

New York University

Pennsylvania State University

Rice University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Stanford University Medical Center

Texas A&M University

Tulane University,

A.B. Freeman School of Business

ResearchChannel :: Participants

National Academy of Engineering

National Academy of Sciences

National Institute of Nursing Research

National Institute of Standards and Technology

National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine

National Science Foundation

Pacific Northwest Gigapop

Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center

R1edu.org

SURFnet

Vulcan Northwest, Inc.

Wisconsin Public Television

Advanced Network Forum

AJA Video Systems Inc.

Australia's Academic Research Network

(AARNet)

Fujinon

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

IBM Corporation

Intel Corporation

Internet2

Johnson & Johnson

Library of Congress

Microsoft Research

National Academies

ResearchChannel :: Participants

ResearchChannel ::Newest Participants

American Meteorological Association

Arizona State University

California State University,Monterey Bay

Indiana University

Loma Linda University

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

University of Kentucky

University of Michigan

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006Programs

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2100

1700

1270

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750

325

610

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TotalVOD Programs

ResearchChannel Programs

More than 3,200 hours of programming in the Video on Demand library

1,100 new programs addedthis year, and this number ison the rise

Diverse Programming

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006TV-total

25.9

21.9

18.9

18.1

12.8

8.6

7.4

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Total Satellite and CableViewer Households (Million)

U.S. Television Distribution

DISH Network satellite system 13 million homes

Cable systems 12.9 million homes

U.S. Television Distribution ::New Retransmission Markets

744,000 new subscribers in past 12 months

Podcasting and Other New Features

What Viewers Are Saying

“I am very pleased to see a broadcast of such intellectual content.”

“You are greatly contributing to humanity’s accumulation of knowledge.”

“ResearchChannel is what one hopes to find more of on television. ResearchChannel seems to be the best-kept secret in broadcasting today. I am delighted to be in the know.”

“I have just recently discovered ResearchChannel and over the past two weeks have consumed many hours of your programming…. I look forward to many continued hours of learning and thought provocation.”

Technology Milestones

August 1999First-Ever Streaming of High-Definition Television over the Internet

November 1999Network Sets Record Speed

April 2000First Live HDTV Over Internet Newscast

July 2004First Transmission of Full Bandwidth HD Video Between Computers

September 2005First-Ever Live HD Images from Seafloor to Land Available as IP-Based Feed

November 2005Interactive Multipoint HD Videoconference Demonstrated

November 2006Partner in World-wide teatimng of ConferenceXP

Microsoft Research Grant

Technology :: Leading the Way

Continuous Ocean Observing

Consortia Partnerships

CineGrid

WACE (Workshop for Advanced Collaborative Environments)

WUN (Worldwide Universities Network)

PRAGMA

Telescience

NTT Labs

Other New Partnerships ::CERN and Osaka

Using Television for Scholarly Dissemination

Fulfilling the promise of “educational” TV

Obstacles to dissemination

Responsibility to the public

Unmediated, meritorious, telegenic, peer-reviewed

Expanding the means of distribution

Accessible, available resource

Important ResearchChannel Links

ResearchChannel Home Pagehttp://www.researchchannel.org/

ResearchChannel Libraryhttp://www.researchchannel.org/prog/subject.aspx

ResearchChannel Technologyhttp://www.researchchannel.org/tech/

ResearchChannel Retransmissionhttp://www.researchchannel.org/news/retrans.asp

ResearchChannel Membershiphttp://www.researchchannel.org/part/

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