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>Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 07:37:43 -0400
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum               <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Emmanuel Wilson <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #7144 German Satellite Programming
>In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]>

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Here at the University of Cincinnati we recently had a meeting with a
representative of GERMAN TV. Apparently, due to licensing and other
German governmental restrictions, German programming (besides
Deutsche Welle) simply was not made available to anyone in North
or South America. It is not the fault of Dish Network nor of any cable
company. Now that the GERMAN TV project is underway, and copyright
licenses are being renegotiated, some German programming is
available, but it is not yet available to other satellite broadcasters.
It can be made available to cable companies through negotiation.
While the representative did not say so directly, in some future
circumstance, GERMAN TV might be available to Dish Network.
Currently, a wholly separate GERMAN TV satellite dish is necessary
unless a local cable company has negotiated the addition of GERMAN
TV to its channel lineup.


Emmanuel Wilson
Coordinator, A&S Language Laboratory
728 Old Chemistry Bldg.
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0372

Telephone: 513-556-1975

e-mail: [log in to unmask]
URL  http://www.uc.edu/languagelab


At 01:15 PM 5/5/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>--- Forwarded Message from James Hogg <[log in to unmask]> ---
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> >Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 09:18:33 -0400
> >Subject: German Satellite Programming
> >From: James Hogg <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information 
> Forum    <[log in to unmask]>
> >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]>
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>Hello all,
>
>We are preparing to install DishNetwork satellite dishes to get
>programming for the languages we teach at my school. It seems that
>DishNetwork does not carry German programming. I wonder why this is.
>
>Does anyone on the list receive German programs via satellite?
>
>Thank you, Jim