DIRECTV goes to school.

DIRECTV provides qualified K-12 schools throughout the country with satellite television systems free of charge. Among the channels included in the package are Animal Planet, BBC America BBC America is an American television network, owned and operated by BBC Worldwide, which was launched on March 29, 1998, available on both cable and satellite. It is one of two BBC branded channels broadcast in the United States, the other being global news channel, BBC World. , The History Channel, National Geographic Channel

This article is about the US television channel.
For the British version, see National Geographic Channel (UK).

For the Canadian version, see National Geographic Channel (Canada).

, and NASA TV NASA TV (originally NASA Select) is the television network of the US space agency, NASA. NASA TV is broadcast by satellite, and also simulcast over the Internet. Many local cable television systems across the US and Canada carry the channel, as do some amateur television .

Deadline: Open

To apply: For details, go online to www.directv.com/school

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Title Annotation:	Grants
Author:	Trierweiler, Hannah
Publication:	Instructor (1990)
Date:	Mar 1, 2004
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