24-hour computer video shopping is coming in fall

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National Media Corp., an infomercial producer in Philadelphia, PA, and Broadcast.com, a Dallas, TX, company focusing on broadcast programming on the Internet, have entered a deal to produce the first 24-hour video shopping channels on the Internet. The two companies are joining to create 10 shopping channels on the World Wide Web. Five of these channels will show live, digitally streamed programming 24 hours a day. The other channels will concentrate on taped programming focusing on specialized topics such as health and fitness, automotive and motivational and housewares. The programming is set to be introduced in November 1998.

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Internet broadcast programmer teams up with National Media Corp to produce first 24-hour video shopping channels on the Internet

Strategic alliances, Direct Marketing Services, Direct Mail Advertising, Texas, Direct marketing, Article, National Media Corp., Broadcast.com

Nobel Education plans its first charter school

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Nobel Education Dynamics Inc. is planning to manage its first charter school. The school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Nobel is a Media for profit-education firm. The company's application for the school will be presented to the Philadelphia Board of Education on November 16, 1998. An unnamed nonprofit group will be submitting the application. For a fee, Nobel will manage the school for the nonprofit group. Nobel's chairman and chief executive, AJ "Jack" Clegg, said that the planned charter would be in the Northeastern part of Philadelphia. The charter would cover kindergarten through the eighth grade.

Strategy & planning, Elementary and Secondary Schools, Elementary & Secondary Schools, Education, Nobel Education Dynamics Inc., NEDI

Temple computer tutor customizes help for engineering students

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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has given an award to students and faculty from Temple University's College of Engineering for a computer tutoring system. The computing tutoring program also received $150,000 from the National Science Foundation.

Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Use of Funds, Universities and colleges