ResearchChannel Utilizes ProLink for Data Distribution
NORTHAMPTON,
MA - June 25, 2008 - ResearchChannel, a consortium of leading research and academic institutions based in Seattle,WA is now utilizing Myers Information
Systems, Inc.'s exclusive ProLink data distribution service to simplify and
streamline its sharing capabilities of schedule information and related program
metadata with retransmitters.
Retransmitters
can take advantage of ResearchChannel's free, easily accessible and
high-quality content by choosing four-hour blocks of programming or taking
advantage of their 24/7 broadcast signal. And now, via the utilization of
ProLink, over 180 public television stations and universities throughout the country
can download the ResearchChannel's schedule information and related program
metadata into their ProTrack database for a variety of repurposing needs (i.e.,
web schedules, PSIP requirements, program guides, development efforts, etc.)
ResearchChannel
is a consortium of leading research and academic institutions founded as a way
to share breakthrough research with the public. Remarkable speakers,
researchers and scholars present revolutionary thoughts and discoveries,
covering a wide breadth of topics from technology to medicine to arts and
humanities.
To
facilitate their mission of making knowledge available to all by sharing
developments, insights and discoveries with a global audience, ResearchChannel
offers free retransmission of their programming.
ResearchChannel
began using ProLink to share its program schedule and related
metadata with KWSU at Washington State University,
which retransmits ResearchChannel over KWSU-DT 10.2 in Pullman, WA.
ProLink enables KWSU to populate its program guides without
re-entering all of the program information. ProLink provides program metadata
that can be downloaded directly into the ProTrack database.
ResearchChannel
links a growing global audience to the revolutionary developments, insights and
discoveries of leading research and academic institutions through online,
on-air and on-demand video distribution formats. ResearchChannel programs are
available though satellite and many local cable TV providers, and online as
both live and video-on-demand streaming.
To learn more about the ResearchChannel and its programming, please click here.
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