Shinshu University in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, will use a cable television channel to broadcast public lecture schedules and information on its affiliated hospital every day starting Oct. 1.
The project is the first of its kind among the country's universities, according to the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry.
The project aims to offer the latest information on the university, especially for the elderly, who rarely use the Internet.
The channel, allocated to the university by TV Matsumoto, a cable television station, is named SUTV, which stands for Shinshu University Television.
About 40 graduate and undergraduate students from the university's information-engineering and arts faculties will plan and produce all broadcast programs.
"I hope students can learn to contribute to the surrounding communities with this project," Atsushi Komiyama, president of the university, said.
The state-run university has earmarked 1.8 million yen from its annual budget for the project, in addition to 7 million yen spent on editing equipment.
It was presented with two TV cameras, worth 800,000 yen, by TV Matsumoto on Aug. 24.
SUTV will be on air between 10 a.m. and 11 p.m. daily except Sundays, when it goes off air at 10 p.m.
The students are planning a special program, provisionally called "a student's diary," which will focus on everyday campus affairs through the eyes of a fictitious student.
They are also considering producing a documentary that will highlight the association between handicapped children and volunteers.
SUTV is targeting 700,000 households in Matsumoto and five adjacent municipalities.
However, viewers will need a digital TV tuner priced at 5,250 yen. In the area, about 4,500 households currently have the tuner.
(Sep. 4, 2006)
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20060904TDY10003.htm
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