The need for and the advantages of using a national educational telecommunications network are specified. The technology needed for its possible set-up and the cost for such a system are discussed, and recommendations are made for its planning and development. (DT)

A brief history of broadcasting in Turkey. (HB)

The first part of this report discusses the technical capabilities and evaluates the usefulness of audio, video, and computer-based teleconferencing to date. In addition, face-to-face conferencing is compared to teleconferencing. The second part presents eight scenarios--two for each medium--in which the same cast of characters communicates…

An engineer's viewpoint concerning research into advanced telecommunications technology. (HB)

This project funded by a grant from the Research Applied to National Needs Division of the National Science Foundation explored the measurable or potential effects of computer conference usage on the productivity of energy research groups. The timeliness of their work and the high level of their communication needs made this an appropriate group…

Technical factors involved in the delivery of broadband information between a cable television (CATV) system head-end and subscriber terminals are discussed. Recommendations pertaining to the need for research in specified areas are given and a review of the system's hardware is provided, including details about device noise and distortion…

The origin of the Associated Press (AP) lies in the early cooperative news gathering efforts of the editors of several New York newspapers. As early as May 1846, these editors were "pooling" their energies in response to newly developed modes of communication--the wire and wireless telegraph and the trans-oceanic steamship mail services.…

A Project Solo module on communication matrices is presented which uses a fictitious airline to demonstrate the principles of communication patterns. It is noted that the Project Solo curriculum is designed to allow for several points of entry and a multiplicity of paths through the modules. (JY)

Bi-directional cable TV (CATV) systems that are being installed today may not be well suited for computer communications. Older CATV systems are being modified to bi-directional transmission and most new systems are being built with bi-directional capability included. The extreme bandwidth requirement for carrying 20 or more TV channels on a…

The number of households hooked up to cable television or community antenna television (CATV) is expanding rapidly, and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been developing regulations since 1962 to guide the growth of the industry. By 1965 the FCC had claimed jurisdiction over all CATV systems in the U. S. This jurisdiction was challenged…

These opening remarks by the Director General of Unesco briefly discuss that organization's activities in the area of copyright within the field of satellite communication. They were addressed to members of a committee whose purpose is to determine whether the protection of signals transmitted by communications satellites does or does not require…

Facsimile communication, the process by which graphics are transmitted from one place to another, is the subject of this book designed for a system engineer designing a whole system, a student who needs to learn all he can without getting bogged down in details, or a businessman who wants to know how facsimile can help him. The book surveys…

Two recent developments in communications satellite technology may speed the coming of cable TV (CATV) networks. First, increases in satellite power are reducing the cost of ground stations. Second, a connection between one ground station, the satellite, and any other ground station is no longer necessarily fixed. Now one station can communicate…

A three-part petition was filed in December 1974 with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which presented the first serious threat to public broadcasters' exemption from the FCC's multiple-ownership rules. The petition requested a revision of the rules that permit multiple ownership of noncommercial educational stations within a single…

Addressed particularly to grade school children, this report summarizes the responsibilities of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in regulating the broadcast industry, pay television, cable television, common carriers, and radio services for safety and special uses. Also described are its field engineering and monitory activities. (SC)