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Education on demand, via Alberta’s SuperNet

EDMONTON – CHUM Limited's Distribution Access is the first educational video supplier to deliver full-screen digital video to Alberta's SuperNet, one of the world's fastest high-capacity broadband networks. Through Distribution Access's Media on Demand digital video system users can now easily stream large video files between dispersed campus locations.Northern Lakes College in north-central Alberta is the first post-secondary institution in Canada to use the on demand platform. With MOD connected to the SuperNet, teachers and students at remote campuses will be able to search for video content, then click and play the video from the central server at the Slave...