The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) entrusted to the International Film and Television Council (IFTC) the task of collecting documentation on world cinematographic organizations, in order to provide developing nations with information useful to the establishment of similar services adopted to their…

Describes a video distribution service which was offered on an experimental basis by the French Television system. Nine participating schools received, recorded on video cassettes, and viewed films selected from the Central Educational Film Library with the help of an adapted videotape recorder, EPEOS decoder, and a television set. (CHC)

Analyzes Educable, a French program that includes a national educational film bank, a telematic server, and educational marketing. The analysis is divided into four sections: (1) teacher-users; (2) a classification of films by usage; (3) teacher use of audiovisual material; (4) the video on demand approach to a specific need. (KRN)