Satellite Programming and Distribution

1. Satellite Programming and Distribution ... Opening up a World of Possibilities

2. What we had… Receiver TV 1 TV 1 TV 1 TV 1

3. An Alternative System… Receiver Receiver Receiver TV or Monitor TV or Monitor TV or Monitor

4. Our Goal System with: • Custom selection of channels • All channels available at all stations • Channel selections to be made by users at the station. • Programming sources from various vendors/satellites needed to be distributed. Provide: • Additional support for the languages taught at Swarthmore. • Programming that would serve other disciplines. • Programming that would serve Foreign students. • Programming of interest to students preparing to go abroad, or students returning from abroad.

5. The Resources - $10,000 dollars in replacement funding for the existing Satellite system. - A few thousand dollars in funding from a grant and the LRC budget. - Facilities funding sources for “wiring classrooms.”

6. The Problem The one bid for the project I received was: $39,989.09 That did not include the cost of wiring or electrical work.

7. Distribution System - Modulators - Combiners - Splitters - Receivers - Recorders

8. How it works … Receiver TV 5 Modulator - Ch 1 Receiver I-Channel Modulator - Ch 2 Receiver CCTV Modulator - Ch 3 I-channel Receiver TV Japan Modulator - Ch 4 Receiver NTV Modulator - Ch 5 Receiver BBC Modulator - Ch 6 Dish Network Receiver TV Japan Modulator - Ch 7 Receiver NTV Modulator - Ch 8 Receiver BBC Modulator - Ch 9 Globecast

9. How it works … continued Modulator - Ch 1 TV 1 Modulator - Ch 2 TV 2 Modulator - Ch 3 TV 3 Modulator - Ch 4 TV 4 Combiner Splitter Modulator - Ch 5 TV 5 Modulator - Ch 6 TV 6 Modulator - Ch 7 TV 7 Modulator - Ch 8 TV 8 Modulator - Ch 9 TV 9

10. Costs Hardware and Installation $9,968 Wiring the LRC & Classrooms $5,000 Annual Programming expenses $1,840

11. That bid again…. $39,989.09

12. My Bonus check this Year? Hmmmm…

13. What ‘s available… with room to expand.