Distributed Education and Multimedia (DEM)
Video Services

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Videoconferencing Facilities

Videoconferencing can greatly reduce the amount of time away from work, and the travel cost and inconvenience required to attend long-distance meetings. National and international meetings are held at Rensselaer at Hartford using videoconferencing systems including interviews, training presentations, meetings and legal depositions. Rensselaer at Hartford's production staff will work with you to custom-design and produce your videoconference activity using our videoconferencing facilities which can accommodate between 1 to 100 people.

Videoconferencing Fees from 9 am – 5 pm:

• For 1 – 32 people = $165.00/hour room rental plus
• For 32 - 100 people = Room Fee 1/2 day $495.00; or full day $825.00 plus SH Video Conference Fee @ $303.00/hour plus
• $60.00/hour Network for 384 Kbps ISDN if we dial
• additional $40.00/hour fee for hours before 9 am and after 5 pm

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Studio / Video Classroom
Our Production team can capture events of all sizes through a broad range of coverage options, from a single camera shot "talking-head" lecture to a multi-camera interactive panel discussions. Producers work with you to develop a complete video program, from conceptualization and scripting through production, editing, and distribution.

Depending on client needs and applicability, Distributed Education delivers finished products in a variety of formats such as VHS, CD or DVD. A video classroom, seats between 20 to 32 participants, contains an instructor podium which is equipped with: Preview monitors Document Camera Studio computer with Sympodium interface Personal computer connection to the internet Podium and wireless microphones The control rooms for these video classrooms are run by a Distributed Education producer who will switch the program’s video sources: VHS source deck Control room computer with connection to internet 1 participant camera and 2 instructor cameras Off site video conference participants And all instructor podium video feeds.

Studio / Video Classroom Fees from 9 am – 5 pm:

• For recording a class of 1 – 32 people = $220.00/hour room rental
• For recording a class of 32 - 100 people = 1/2 day $495.00; or full day
  $825.00 plus $303.00/hour Production staff
• For transmitting a class of 1 – 32 people = $220.00/hour room rental plus
  $60.00/hour Network for 384 Kbps ISDN if we dial
• For transmitting a class of 32 - 100 people = 1/2 day $495.00; or full day
  $825.00 plus $303.00/hour Production staff
  plus $60.00/hour Network for 384 Kbps ISDN if we dial

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Satellite Downlinks
Satellite Downlink refers to an event were the providers broadcast a signal to a satellite in space and DEM tunes our steerable satellite dish to receive that signal. DEM then re-broadcasts the downlinked signal over one of the channels on our cable television network, providing access to the video event to viewers on the Hartford campus. DEM is able to accommodate both C- and Ku-band downlinks.

Satellite Downlink Fees from 9 am – 5 pm:

• For up to 30 people = $352.00 full day, or $231.00 ½ day
• For up to 50 people = $715.00 full day, or $429.00 ½ day
• For up to 100 people = $990.00 full day, or $594.00 ½ day

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Copyright and Limit of Liability
DEM reserves the right to refuse any order it deems to be in violation of the copyright laws of the United States. Reproductions of copyrighted work will not be made unless evidence of permission to do so is presented. Submitting any film, video tape, audio tape, CD, DVD, slide, negative, publication, art for processing, reproduction or duplication of any kind constitutes an AGREEMENT by you that any damages or loss due to negligence or other fault by Media Services will only entitle you to replacement of like amount of unexposed film, tape or disc. Except for such replacement the acceptance by DEM of any film, video tape, audio tape, CD, DVD, slide, negative, publication, art for reproduction of any kind is without other warranty or liability, and recovery for any incidental or consequential damages is excluded.

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