Open Student Television Network

The Open Student Television Network, also known as OSTN, is a national student television network, headquartered in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. OSTN is managed by a full time staff that serves as network management. Content on the network is submitted by member stations, and includes both local station content as well as programming produced for the national network audience specifically. The OSTN is an initiative of the CampusEAI Consortium, an international university consortium that includes institutions such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, McGill University, The University of Exeter, Washington State University, The Hong Kong Institute of Education and Foothill-De Anza Community College District. OSTN is pioneering the use of Video over IP technologies, and delivers its program streams to affiliates via the Internet2 data network, in contrast to traditional broadcast television satellite distribution methods.

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