News release Public Information Office  SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu Spring 2004 news releases Public Information home News archive Contact: Christina Chapple Date: 10/15/04   LIVE WEBCAST OF SOUTHEASTERN CHANNEL NOW AVAILABLE      HAMMOND – A live, around the clock webcast of the Southeastern Channel, Southeastern Louisiana University’s educational  access channel on Charter Cable Channel 18, is now available on the channel’s award-winning web site, www.selu.edu/tv.      Users can access the webcast through a link at the top right of the channel’s Internet home page.       “Live streaming is currently done by only a few of the top university television channels in the country,” said Provost John Crain. “This provides instant access to our channel programming for viewers outside of the cable broadcast area and an additional means of access for all other viewers.”      Rick Settoon, general manager of the Southeastern Channel, said that the channel’s web site, which recently won an international Axiem Award, will soon make available archived Southeastern Channel programs such as selected documentaries, magazine shows, lectures and musical events along with the university’s news magazine, “Southeastern Times,” and sports show, “The Big Game.”  Eventually, university telecourses will also be made available online.      “The university’s information technology department headed by Mike Asoodeh deserves credit for adding these new cyber abilities to the Southeastern Channel website,” Settoon said.  “Webmaster Kevin Calmes was instrumental in getting our webcast up and running.”      The Southeastern Channel reaches a potential 92,000 households and 240,000 viewers throughout the north shore region. It can be seen on Charter Cable Channel 18 in Tangipahoa, St. Tammany, and Livingston parishes and on Channel 17 in Washington Parish.      The Southeastern Channel’s broadcast schedule is available on its website, in the Hammond Daily Star, or on the Charter digital cable menu.