OSTN-Internet2 Student Film Festival to be Netcast for Worldwide Viewing

OSTN-Internet2 Student Film Festival to be Netcast for Worldwide Viewing

ANN ARBOR, Mich. and CLEVELAND, July 19 /PRNewswire/ --
WHAT: The Open Student Television Network (OSTN) and Internet2 will
netcast the first ever OSTN-Internet2 Film Festival which will showcase
selected student work from the 2006-2007 school year.

Netcast streams can be viewed from the following link:

http://www.internet2.edu/arts/filmfestival2007.html

WHEN: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, July 19, 20 & 21, 7-10 pm EDT
(Following the live netcast, streams will be archived for 3 weeks.)

WHY: Student directors and producers participating in the festival will
use Internet2's advanced network to submit and screen their films for the
festival. Each night's events will be netcast for worldwide viewing.
Following each night's screening at 9pm EDT, the live netcast will
continue with an interactive videoconference linking student directors
from their home campuses with press and audience attending the film
festival via the Internet2 community's national, regional, and campus
networks for a live Q&A session.

Featuring programs from around the world, the OSTN-Internet2 Film Festival
promotes the exhibition of original and student-produced film to
increasingly broader audiences, celebrates the artistic development of
student video production, and encourages the exploration of innovative
fiction and documentary storytelling.

For details of the films and shows involved in the screenings, visit:

http://www.internet2.edu/arts/filmfestival2007.html

WHERE: The OSTN-Internet2 Film Festival takes place as part of the
Ingenuity Festival at Monte Ahuja Hall, Nance College of Business,
Cleveland State University

About OSTN

OSTN is the leading provider of educational, foreign language, news, and entertainment IPTV content and services. OSTN features the only 24/7 worldwide channel exclusively devoted to student-produced programming. OSTN now is delivered to nearly 60 million subscribers at more than 4,500 university member campuses and 46 countries around the globe. OSTN can be viewed on televisions and personal computers. For more information, visit http://www.ostn.tv/.

About Internet2

Internet2 is the foremost U.S. advanced networking consortium. Led by the research and education community since 1996, Internet2 promotes the missions of its members by providing both leading-edge network capabilities and unique partnership opportunities that together facilitate the development, deployment and use of revolutionary Internet technologies. For more information, visit: http://www.internet2.edu/

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact:

Source: Internet2

CONTACT: Lauren Rotman of Internet2, Lauren@internet2.edu; or Ellyn
Stepanek of OSTN, ellyn_stepanek@ostn.tv

Web site:

http://www.internet2.edu/
http://www.internet2.edu/arts/filmfestival2007.html
http://www.ostn.tv/
http://www.internet2.edu/

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