Channel One News Heads 'Back to School' with New Digital Technology.- Award-Winning Teen Newscast Goes Digital to Deliver Enhanced Viewing Experience, Better Engage Interest in Civics civics, branch of learning that treats of the relationship between citizens and their society and state, originally called civil government. With the large immigration into the United States in the latter half of the 19th cent. and Current Affairs current affairs npl → (noticias fpl de) actualidad f current affairs current npl → (questions fpl d')actualité f Headlines - NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Channel One News, the preeminent news and public affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. content provider for teens reaching more than six million students in middle schools and high schools across the country, today announced the roll-out of new digital technology in Channel One News schools across the country. The movement to digital technology enables the networks award-winning content to be a sharper, crisper crisp·er n. One that crisps, especially a compartment in a refrigerator used for storing vegetables and keeping them fresh. viewing experience in classrooms across the country and online via ChannelOne.com. The roll-out is a significant part of an evolution that most recently includes the global access to breaking news stories through a relationship with NBC News NBC News (along with NBC News + HD) is the news division of American television network NBC, a part of NBC Universal, which is majority-owned by General Electric. Its current president is Steve Capus. It is the top-rated broadcast news division and has been for a decade. . Designed expressly for Channel One News by Thomson Consumer Electronics, the new digital head-end receivers are feature-rich, quieter, reliable with a higher storage capacity than the analog receivers previously used. The millions of teens who turn to the programming as their only source of news will experience a better viewing experience, bringing them closer to the big issues of the day. The many educators who rely on Channel One News as a platform for classroom discussion will benefit from improved management capabilities such as the ability to burn content direct to DVDs, and distribute content to multiple classrooms at a given location, on a live, recorded, or on-demand basis, and at their discretion. In tandem Adv. 1. in tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem" tandem with the roll-out of digital equipment inside the schools, Channel One News is investing in upgrades to ChannelOne.com and 'Livewire', its 24/7 broadband video news channel, to ensure the highest quality viewing experience anytime, anywhere. Said Matt Diamond, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Alloy, Channel One News parent company, "We're committed to and excited about our significant, initial investment in digital technology. By using better technology to broadcast our unique content, we can positively impact teens' interest and engagement in civics education and current affairs." Diamond added, "In terms of the upgrade to digital this is a launch year for Channel One News. When we looked out across the network, we saw this as the immediate and pivotal next piece to a process that will involve more enhancements. We will always seek out ways to make our content easier to teach and integrate into the learning environment, taking cues from new classroom technology like whiteboards and integrating student feedback and opinion more frequently into our platform." The first of the digital receivers have begun rolling out in time for the 2007-2008 school season. Approximately 1,000 Channel One News schools are expected to have the technology installed by the end of September, with remaining schools to be serviced over the next several months. The migration to digital comes on the heels of a successful pilot with Thomson conducted last year in more than one hundred Channel One News schools representing a range of geographies nationwide. About Channel One Broadcasting since 1990, Peabody and Webby Award-winning Channel One is the preeminent news and public affairs content provider reaching more than six million teens in middle schools and high schools across the country, nearly 25% of teenagers in the U.S. In recent months, Channel One News has covered fast-breaking world events from regions such as Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Jordan, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, Myanmar, and Qatar. Channel One News programming has been featured on leading networks and news programs, including CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. , ABC News, the WB, Nightline, and The Today Show. Visit the Webby Award-winning website ChannelOne.com to learn more. Channel One is an Alloy Media + Marketing Company (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ALOY). |
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