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Higher education poster & video contest provides new resources for National Cyber Security Awareness Month
The Higher Education Information Security Council (formerly the
EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force), the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), CyberWATCH, and the ResearchChannel have announced ten winners of a computer security awareness poster and video contest as part of a national campaign to raise awareness of and increase computer security at colleges and universities. These new resources, available from ResearchChannel's website http://www.researchchannel.org/securityvideo2009/, can be used in campus security awareness campaigns during student orientation; National Cyber Security Awareness Month http://www.staysafeonline.org/ncsam, which is held annually in October; and throughout the year. ()
iHDTV™ and the University of Washington campus on display at SC08
SEATTLE — Attendees of SC08, the annual international conference for high-performance computing networking, storage and analysis, were able to watch the University of Washington campus live in high-definition from the conference floor in Austin, Texas this week. ()
Internet2 and Partners Demonstrate First Uncompressed High-Definition Video Using Dynamic Circuit Networks
NEW ORLEANS, La. – October 14, 2008 - This week at its annual Fall Member Meeting in New Orleans, La., Internet2 together with several collaborators will showcase the first uncompressed high-definition videoconference application over revolutionary Dynamic Circuit Networks (DCN). The demos highlight the promise of DCN and high-definition video technology to create the ultimate collaboration environment that can support new innovation in science, research, the arts, telemedicine and beyond ()
ResearchChannel marks 1 million iTunes U downloads
SEATTLE — More than 1 million ResearchChannel videos have been downloaded through iTunes U — a major milestone set in merely six months.
Since it began featuring its educational programs on iTunes U, part of the iTunes Store, in late January, ResearchChannel has consistently proven itself a popular resource on iTunes U ()
New ResearchChannel videos explore HIV and AIDS
Series from Howard Hughes Medical Institute is both comprehensive and direct
SEATTLE — ResearchChannel invites you to imagine the perplexing enigma doctors faced in 1981 as they began to notice previously healthy patients exhibiting symptoms of a similar set of rare, opportunistic diseases.
As an investigation by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention began to unravel this mystery, the AIDS epidemic was first identified. Nearly 30 years later, no proven vaccine or cure yet exists. ()
ResearchChannel offers new ways to watch, share cutting-edge research
Subscribe to audio and video podcasts, use new tools to share your favorite videos
SEATTLE – ResearchChannel is making its free online educational videos easier to access anytime, anywhere – and to share with friends and colleagues.
ResearchChannel offers audio (MP3) and video (MPEG-4) podcast subscriptions, and allows you to subscribe by series or subject at http://www.researchchannel.org/podcasts. Program pages also now offer podcasting information. Please note that most programs added to our Web site prior to December 2006 are not currently available via podcast.
“ResearchChannel is committed to deliver our content in a wide variety of relevant formats to reach as broad an audience as possible around the globe,” said Amy Philipson, ResearchChannel executive director. ()
ResearchChannel leading iTunes U downloads list
Free online educational video site proves popular on YouTube, iTunes U
SEATTLE — ResearchChannel’s recent entrée into iTunes U and YouTube platforms is quickly making ResearchChannel the Web’s most popular free online educational video site.
ResearchChannel is proud to claim more top spots among iTunes U’s most popular downloads list than any other iTunes U participant. Since launching in late January, as many as 18 of the top 100 videos on iTunes U have been ResearchChannel programs. In just one month, visitors to the site downloaded more than 117,000 ResearchChannel videos. Many of these visitors demonstrated intense interest in the subject matter and programs by downloading entire series at once.
ResearchChannel has also seen a tremendous response since the debut of its new YouTube channel one month ago. Already, almost 2,000 people have visited the new channel and watched ResearchChannel videos nearly 20,000 times. ()
ResearchChannel funds new programs through production awards
SEATTLE — ResearchChannel awarded matching funds to five institutions today as part of its second Matching Funds Production Awards Program. The program encourages the creation of new video content that furthers public awareness of research addressing important and wide-ranging issues.
“This year brought some outstanding proposals,” said Amy Philipson, ResearchChannel executive director. “The five winning entries will present exciting and intriguing new research sure to catch our viewers’ attention.” ()
New YouTube partner ResearchChannel offers heart-warming videos for February
Videos about heart disease and heart surgery from ResearchChannel and now available on YouTube
SEATTLE — Watch a successful heart transplant, see why heart disease is the number one killer of women and learn how cardiac cell replacement may mend broken hearts — all on YouTube this month.
No funny cat or kid videos here: ResearchChannel offers in-depth content from prestigious scholars and researchers around the country. Featuring programming provided by a consortium of leading research and academic institutions, ResearchChannel.org is the definitive source for academic learning online. And starting today, ResearchChannel is also offering many of its programs through YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/researchchannel.
For February, American Heart Month, ResearchChannel is featuring compelling programs about the heart on its new YouTube site:
ResearchChannel makes it easy to watch these videos when and how you want to: on air, online and on demand. Viewers can tune in through YouTube and iTunes U, but only ResearchChannel.org offers a live webstream and extensive video-on-demand library of more than 3,500 programs, including more than 60 programs on the heart.
ResearchChannel now on iTunes U
New platform is another cutting-edge way to share research and discovery with a global audience
SEATTLE — ResearchChannel is reaching out to an ever-widening audience through Apple’s iTunes U, a dedicated area of the iTunes Store featuring educational content. ResearchChannel viewers can now watch or download ResearchChannel programs for free through iTunes U at itunes.researchchannel.org.
“We’re excited to be able to share the revolutionary research and discoveries available through ResearchChannel with even more viewers,” said Amy Philipson, executive director of ResearchChannel. “iTunes U also allows members of the ResearchChannel consortium further opportunity to share their content with the world.”
ResearchChannel is among the first nonprofit organizations to join iTunes U. Prestigious universities like Yale, Duke and Stanford are already using the platform to share their lectures, course content and other information in the same format with which iTunes users are already familiar. ResearchChannel has worked directly with Apple to make more than 400 programs available today, with more to be added regularly.
ResearchChannel programs examine fascinating topics: exploration of the planet Mars, how human creativity can boost America’s position in the global marketplace, the role of stem cells in the aging process, bioenergy and biofuels, state-of-the-art surgery and breakthroughs in vaccine research, and much more – now easily accessed from both the iTunes Store and ResearchChannel.org. All of these new discoveries and ideas are shared through the ResearchChannel consortium: the leading research and academic institutions which provide programming featuring their remarkable speakers, researchers and scholars.
Explore coral reefs with ResearchChannel
New program dives into the mystery of coral degredation in the Florida Keys
Let ResearchChannel take you to the Florida Keys this winter to explore “Corals at the Crossroads.”
You’ll dive into the tropical waters at Key West to discover how the area’s coral reefs have been threatened and what we can do to save them. This fascinating program is just one of thousands offered by ResearchChannel, the best resource for breakthrough research information online, on air and on-demand.
Dr. Brian Lapointe, senior scientist at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, has monitored water quality issues and coral reef degradation at Looe Key, a coral reef in Key West, since the 1980s. He’s been witness to devastating destruction over the years, including nutrient pollution, and the resulting harmful algal blooms and coral reef disease and death. Watch “Corals at the Crossroads” to learn about strategies for saving this incredible marine landscape.
This program from Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution was funded through ResearchChannel’s annual Matching Funds Production Awards Program. Each year, ResearchChannel provides winning applicants with funding to enable accredited universities and nonprofit research institutions to share their research through video production. The program aims to raise public awareness of the value of research. "Corals at the Crossroads" debuts on ResearchChannel Wednesday, Dec. 26 at 10 a.m., 4:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
ResearchChannel combines cool technology with hot Seattle bands for amazing interactive demo at supercomputing show
ResearchChannel, an educational media distribution hub based in Seattle, is using
cutting-edge technology to showcase hot Seattle bands and exciting speakers through live interactive concerts at SC07, the international supercomputing conference next month in Reno, NV.
It’s a fascinating demonstration of uncompressed high-definition video streaming over high-capacity, fiber-based networks presented in sensational display quality to exhibit revolutionary collaborative technologies.
ResearchChannel will broadcast live performances by local bands Math and Physics Club, The Purrs, The Cops and Siberian from the studios of Seattle radio station KEXP-FM to our SC07 booth in Reno. We’ll use iHDTV™, capable of streaming uncompressed 1080i high-definition video, integrated into OptIPortal display technology for an amazing 16-megapixel output across a matrix of eight 46-inch 1080p LCD monitors. Advanced high-capacity transport facilities at the Pacific Wave international peering exchange and Pacific Northwest Gigapop connect our collaborators and provide the highest-speed networking to maximize performance.
ResearchChannel partners with National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced today it will partner with ResearchChannel to develop programs with science themes for national and international distribution via cable television, the Internet and other media.
“The partnership provides an ideal mechanism for NSF to inform the public about the countless scientific research efforts and discoveries NSF supports,” said Jeff Nesbit, director of NSF’s Office of Legislative and Public Affairs. “ResearchChannel will make it possible for NSF to deliver quality science-themed programming in a range of formats,” Nesbit said.
Under the partnership agreement, NSF will transmit to ResearchChannel up to 150 program hours a year in formats that include a series of lectures from distinguished scientists, including Nobel Prize winners; a series of panel discussions with scientists and journalists about ongoing NSF-funded research and current scientific issues; and an institutional research series that will feature new and archived video from different scientific research and educational communities.
ResearchChannel Boosts Awareness of Vital Research with Video Production Program
ResearchChannel announces its second Matching Funds Production Awards Program, which provides video production funding to document the important work of world-class researchers while bringing that work to millions through its television and Internet platforms. The awards program also enables accredited universities and nonprofit research institutions to share their research through video production, especially those that would not have sufficient funds to do so otherwise. ()
ResearchChannel Awards Five Matching Funds for Video Production
ResearchChannel awarded matching funds to five institutions today as part of its first-ever Matching Funds Production Awards Program. The program encourages the creation of programs that further public awareness of research addressing important and wide-ranging issues. ()
 ResearchChannel Expands Delivery for Its Extensive Online Video Library
ResearchChannel has entered into a relationship with Google Video, the first video marketplace where users can watch, share, buy or rent a wide range of video content. This relationship will make ResearchChannel's entire online video collection available on Google Video. ()
ResearchChannel Reveals the Research Environment of the Future
at SC06
At this year’s SuperComputing 2006 conference in Tampa, Fla., held Nov. 11-17, ResearchChannel will demonstrate the look and feel of the research environment of the future. Leading-edge visualization and conferencing technologies actually make this interactive environment possible today and will one day revolutionize how research is carried out. ()
ResearchChannel Programming Available on Charter VOD
ResearchChannel’s programming is now available to all of Charter Communications’ video on demand-enabled digital customers.
 “Special-interest programming like ResearchChannel is what is so great about VOD,” said Jeff Jay, Charter’s vice president of Product Development. “Leading-edge research is now available to Charter customers any time by way of video on demand. Remarkable speakers’, researchers’ and professors’ revolutionary thoughts and discoveries can be accessed any time.” ()
ResearchChannel Call for Proposals to Develop Video Programming
The ResearchChannel board has approved a pilot program that will
provide matching funds for video production. This program is an
effort to showcase the outstanding work being done by world-class
researchers at leading research and academic institutions and make
that content available to the public. These awards also seek to
encourage institutions and researchers that otherwise would not
have sufficient production funds to create video programming to
document and share their research. ()
Marshall C. Turner Joins ResearchChannel
Board of Directors
A veteran of both venture capital and turnaround CEO roles in technology
industries, Marshall Turner is an early-stage technology investor
based in San Francisco and a director of several companies. ()
ResearchChannel at NAB
Mike Wellings, director of engineering for ResearchChannel, presented to a crowd of more than 200 people in April at the 2006 National Association of Broadcasters conference in Las Vegas. ()
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