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Television Resources

Cable in the Classroom

Program Service Providers Participating in Cable in the Classroom
Web address: http://www.ciconline.org/get-cable
Listing of English- and French-language television networks participating in Cable in the Classroom programming.

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Educational Television Programming

The Media Literacy Online Project (U of Oregon)
Web address: http://interact.uoregon.edu/medialit/MLR/home/
The Teacher's D esk section of their homepage include: TV for Teachers

P.O.V. Interactive (PBS)
Web address: http://www.pbs.org/pov

Street Cents Online
Web address: http://www.cbc.ca/streetcents/

PBS Kids
Web address: http://pbskids.org/

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Television Programming and Networks

Access TV (Canada)
Web address: http://www.accesstv.ca

A&E - Arts & Entertainment Channel (U.S.)
Web address: http://www.aetv.com

Canadian Television Stations and Organizations (Queen's Universities Film Studies Program)
Web address: http://www.film.queensu.ca/links/tvlinks.html
This site offers a thorough list of links to Canadian television stations and organizations.

Children's Movies and Sites (Yahoo Kids)
Web address: http://kids.yahoo.com/
Listing of movie sites from Yahoo!'s children's search site Yahoo Kids.

Children's Television Programs and Sites (Yahoo Kids)
Web address: http://kids.yahoo.com/directory/Around-the-World/Countries/Canada/Arts-and-Entertainment/Television
Listing of television sites from Yahoo!'s children's search site Yahoo Kids.

CNN (U.S.)
Web address: http://www.cnn.com/

CNN Movie News
Web address: http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
CBC Non-Broadcast Sales
PO Box 500, STN A
Toronto, ON  M5W 1E6
Voice: 416-205-3506
Fax: 416-205-3482
E-mail: bowerk@toronto.cbc.ca
Web address: http://cbc.ca

CTV (Canada)
Web address: http://www.ctv.ca

Corporation For Public Broadcasting
Web address: http://www.cpb.org/ 

Discovery Channel Online
Web address: http://www.discovery.com

E! Online
Web address: http://www.eonline.com

Fox (U.S.)
Web address: http://www.fox.com/home.htm

History Television (Canada)
Web address: http://www.historytelevision.ca/

Home Box Office (U.S.)
Web address: http://www.hbo.com

The Knowledge Network Online (Canada)
Web address: http://www.knowledgenetwork.ca/
British Columbia's Public Educational Television Service - a service of Open Learning Canada.

NBC (U.S.)
Web address: http://www.nbc.com

PBS Online
Web address: http://www.pbs.org

Turner Classic Movies (U.S.)
Web address: http://tcm.turner.com/

UCLA Film and Television Archive - Melvyl Searchable Database
Web address: http://melvyl.cdlib.org/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b&local_base=cdl90
A database with information on film, video and television titles and series. Search by title, author, subject, or power searches (all categories). For example, if searching for content information of a particular video title select "Title", then in the next screen enter the title name, select "Videorecording" from the pulldown menu, and click on "Submit." Results usually include cross-indexed information on subjects, which may include the cast information, biographies, and so forth; as well as links to related entries in their database.

Zap2It.com - TV Program Listings (U.S.)
Web address: http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/register.asp
Links to over 1000 television show and related sites.

Showcase Television Network (Canada)
Web address: http://www.showcase.ca/

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Television Organizations

The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (U.S.)
Web address: http://www.emmys.org/

Broadcast Pioneers Library of American Broadcasting (U.S.)
Web address: http://www.lib.umd.edu/UMCP/LAB/
Features an enormous U.S. broadcast industry database. Located at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Directory of the Canadian Film, Television and Video Industry
Web address: http://www.multimediator.com/cgi-bin/mmsg.pl?
An excellent site for locating companies within the Canadian audiovisual industry. Searchable directory of over 4,000 entries, listing mailing addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and links to web sites. Updated regularly. Compiled by Telefilm Canada.

Friends of Canadian Broadcasting
Web address: http://friendscb.org/

Museum of Television (Canada)
Web address: http://www.mztv.com/
Toronto museum developed by Citytv media mogul Moses Znaimer. Some interesting essays and images on the history of television.

The International Advertising Festival
Web address: http://www.canneslions.com/
London based organization, famous for its advertising "festival" which premiers at Cannes, France.

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Television Listings

Canadian Television Listings - from Jam! Showbiz
Web address: http://tvlistings2.zap2it.com/zipcode.asp?partner_id=national

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Media Literacy:

Media Literacy Resources

Video and Film Resources:

Independent and Alternative Video and Film
Media Readings
Online Clips, Previews and Screenings
Specialized Video and Film
Video and Film Databases and Indexes
Video and Film Organizations

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