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  1. Satellite Communications (1987 Video)

    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Free loan Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 22 min. Teachers’ and students’ notes supplied

    Looks at satellite communications from Marconi’s pioneering work with radio waves to Arthur C Clarke’s vision of worldwide communication using geostationary satellites, to Intelsat VI. Other topics...

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  2. Switch on to Satellite TV (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Education; French studies; German studies; Spanish studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 35 min., £10.00 (+p&p)

    Demonstrates the potential of satellite television broadcasts as a resource for foreign language learning. Examples in French (15 min), German (15 min) and Spanish (5 min).

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  3. New Perspectives on Space (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Space science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 10 min.

    Explains the mission of the British National Space Centre (BNSC) of focusing British space activities, to help understand and protect the environment, develop commercial application of space communication...

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  4. India: Space for Education (1986 Video)

    Producer
    John Stratford
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

    In 1983 India launched its own multifunctional satellite INSAT 1B to relay telephone, television, radio and data signals across the Indian sub-continent, as well as to collect meteorological data from its...

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  5. Insat: Implications for a Nation (1986 Video)

    Producer
    John Stratford
    Subject
    Information technology; Sociology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

    Looks at the wider implications of satellite technology for India, focusing ib the tensions between the needs of the private television owners (mainly rich, educated and urban) and the needs of the...

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  6. Galileo: Europe Shows the Way (2005)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    CD-ROM (PC Version, 10 minutes), free (Tren)

    The deployment phase for GALILEO, the European programme of civil radio-navigation by satellite will begin in 2006. GALILEO is compatible and interoperable with the American GPS but will furnish a more...

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  7. World’s Media, The (1995 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    A general outline of the business dimension of the global media industry with detailed analyses of European countries, including Eastern Europe, and a comprehensive coverage of the UK. Covers television...

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  8. Michael Jackson Comes to Manikganj (2002)

    Subject
    Development studies; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 57 minutes), £30.00 (+VAT)

    Filmed in different regions of South Asia from Peshawar in the North West Frontier Province in Pakistan to Kandy in Sri Lanka and in remote villages of Bangladesh and Nepal, the film covers the impact of...

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  9. Radio Broadcast History Films DVD (2007)

    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 180 minutes), $9.99

    A collection of archival films relating to the history of radio broadcasting.

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  10. Open Skies, Grass Roots (2 Parts) (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Ken Little
    Subject
    Education
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    1: In the early 1980s the provincial government of British Columbia supported the introduction of a province-wide distance education system known as ‘The Knowledge Network’. Based in Vancouver, the...

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