Russian TV broadcasting

[C. Fields]

At our Language Learning Center we get both SCOLA and the International
Channel (http://www.i-channel.com/remote.html).  The quality of
SCOLA Russian broadcasts is not as good as the broadcasts from the
International Channel, which is available through certain cable
providers.  IC provides "fresher" Vremya news broadcasts as
well as a variety program called "Potpourri."  I believe there is also
a company in Brighton Beach that provides a satellite hook up for a fee
and you get exclusively Russian broadcasting through them.  I can't
remember the name of it, though.

Emily Fields
Slavic SA
Language Learning Center
University of Washington


On Thu, 29 May 1997, E. Wayles Browne wrote:

> >Is anyone aware of a TV broadcast service in Russian, that's available
> >in the U.S. (e.g., on a satellite dish), other than the Russian American
> >Educational Services program offered by the Ethnic-American Broadcasting
> >Co.?
> There is a service that provides TV programs in a great variety
> of languages, including Russian. I don't have the details of the
> cost, but here are their addresses:
>
> SCOLA Satellite Network
> PO Box 619
> McClelland, IA 51548-0619
>
> Phone:  (712) 566-2202
> Fax:    (712) 566-2502
>
> Internet e-mail (organization): scola at creighton.edu
> SCOLA's Web-Site:  http://www.scola.org
>
>
>
> Wayles Browne, Assoc. Prof. of Linguistics
> Department of Linguistics
> Morrill Hall, Cornell University
> Ithaca, New York 14853, U.S.A.
>
> tel. 607-255-0712 (o), 607-273-3009 (h)
> fax 607-255-2044 (write FOR W. BROWNE)
> e-mail ewb2 at cornell.edu
>