--- Forwarded Message from Beth Secrist <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 09:50:45 -0400 >From: Beth Secrist <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >Organization: University of Tennessee >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #6305.2 Scola or Dish TV? (!) >References: <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ Just to clarify the situation with Dish TV. Dish TV works solely as a distributor for much of the language programming -- especially for the "à la carte" language packages. It is up to each individual distributor to determine their "educational" or other special rates negotiated with the company's programs they are distributing. For example, RAI (Italian), TV5 and I believe the Russian programming have educational rates. But Rede Globo (Brazil) has yet to establish such a rate (at least as of a few months ago). So it is largely out of Dish TV's hands and that would probably explain the variety of answers to what appears to be a simple question. For example, Global Connections has negotiated the rights with the Italian government to distribute RAI International programming. Their contract for distribution rights lasts 5 years. They, in turn, negotiate with Dish on how to distribute their programming (as part of which package, which satellite position, etc.). Global Connections determines the price, not Dish. Global Connections is also the one responsible for determining (with the collaboration of RAI) how and at what price to distribute programming. And some distribution rights are not exclusive to Global Connections. Anyone watching soccer will see Italian football games on Fox sports (broadcast on Telemundo) contemporaneously with RAI International. Global Connections did not receive exclusive rights to broadcast those matches. So, it really gets complicated! We receive both RAI and TV5 for $100 year subscription for each package from Dish network. Beth Secrist, Director Language Resource Center Dept. of Modern Foreign Langs. & Lits. University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996 (865)974-6494; [log in to unmask]