from [log in to unmask] At our Language Center we have just implemented a new system of Internet-based multilingual programming, which replaces our former Dish programming. We offer a variety of live streaming Internet channels from around the globe on our Lab's big-screen television, with sound coming through wireless headphones. The programming is also available on the computers in the Lab for patrons who want to tune in to a channel that's not being streamed on the big screen. The Lab attendants manually switch the channels every 2 hours by clicking on a new link on the TV Schedule web page, which is controlled from the Lab Attendant Mac computer via Screen Sharing. You can view our schedule here: http://languagecenter.cla.umn.edu/lab_tv.php (Notice that French is not on this schedule because we still offer round-the-clock French TV5 separately via Dish, which is subsidized by the French Department. ) This system is still in its beta phase, but so far it has been working well and allows us to offer a wide variety of languages and shows. Feel free to contact me with any questions about the system. Thanks ~ Kate ************************************************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning Technologies (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives at http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=LLTI Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) **************************************************************************