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>Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 09:15:35 -0500
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum    <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Judy Shoaf <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Taping satellite channels
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UF just bought a dishnetwork dish and we are getting 6 foreign-language 
channels with more to come. Unfortunately the language-lab cable system 
drop is in a classroom, not the open lab, so would like to plan to tape 6 
hours a day of each channel (erasing tapes after they are a few days old) 
so that current material is always available for viewing in the open lab.
How do other labs handle this kind of situation?
I have in the past negotiated with Univision and Deutsche Welle for taping 
rights, and they were very generous--but, ironically, I was never asked to 
tape the material! The language departments or individual instructors did 
that.
The stations we are receiving are NHK, Phoenix Chinese, Al Jazeera, CNN en 
espanol, TV5, and Record. We are hoping to add RAI, Israeli Network, and  a 
Russian package, too. Are these all easy to deal with?

Judy Shoaf
University of Florida