Ryerson prof founds "CNN of the university world"

TORONTO - A professor and broadcasting researcher at Ryerson University is developing a one-of-a-kind worldwide broadcast network that has been dubbed “the CNN of the university world”.Using high-speed Internet connections and Canadian-made video streaming technology, Richard Grunberg has founded the Global Campus Network (GCN) which will connect 4,100 colleges and universities around the world. Using high-definition video streaming technology that is sent and received over high-speed Internet, Grunberg says that the network offers a number of advantages over traditional satellite transmission such as a shortened time delay; bi-directional communication, meaning that operators in different countries to both send and receive full...