No problem over property at the centre of vision
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The Virtual Centre of Excellence in Digital Broadcasting and Multimedia Technology Ltd. is a consortium of universities and industrial companies that undertakes collaborative research in multimedia and digital broadcasting. The company, formed in 1996 and based in Oxford Science Park, has members including London's University College, Cambridge University and the National Film and Television School. The aim of the group is to gather together the widely dispersed research being undertaken by universities in digital broadcasting and related subjects. Industrial members pay a yearly subscription fee, giving them full, non-exclusive access to any intellectual property that is generated.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1997
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Media exerts magic
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Multinational multimedia companies are moving into higher education, using their financial power and publishing rights to course material to enter the market for professional short courses, English as a foreign language and MBAs. Nottingham Trent University-accredited MBAs and business degrees are offered by media company Pearson Management Education which has also developed MBA courses in collaboration with Heriot-Watt University. Multimedia company Knowledge Universe has a 20% stake in Unext, a distance learning company established by the London School of Economics and five US universities.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1999
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The team players with a perfect game plan for complete control
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Academics and multimedia technologists should be prepared to work closely together to provide high quality educational material for students. The company Amaze found that a team who were going to produce multimedia software should include people with a variety of skills. The academics who provide the content of the multimedia material must work on an equal basis with multimedia experts. Both sets of professionals need to recognize each others skills in order to create effective and worthwhile software.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1997
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