HAYS, KANSAS – August 8, 2012 — Eagle
Communications and Fort Hays State University announced today a five-year
partnership which will bring advanced television and video services to the FHSU
campus community.
“We are excited to continue our long-standing
relationship with Fort Hays State University, providing advanced television and
video services to the campus,” said Eagle Communications CEO Gary Shorman. “Eagle
has been providing television programming to the FHSU campus since television’s
inception and we will continue to be a cutting-edge technology partner,
bringing advanced video services including DVRs, HD programming and TV
Everywhere technology to the FHSU faculty, staff and students. The University’s
focus on mobile computing creates a need for video capabilities outside of the
residence halls and Eagle’s advanced technology will pave the way for even more
cutting-edge video options in the future.”
“With classes scheduled to start in less than
two weeks, we are happy to join with Eagle in announcing this enhanced
television service,” said Dr. Edward H. Hammond, FHSU president.
“This will provide an even better living
experience in our residence halls and educational enhancement in the
classrooms. Eagle’s innovative package also meets the demands of our students,
faculty and staff for better mobile access to digital information.”
This partnership brings the comforts of home
to the FHSU residence halls and other on-campus buildings. FHSU on-campus
students receive access to 120+ television and music channels in their dorm
rooms and High-Definition channels with a digital TV – all without a separate
set-top box. Students also have the ability to enhance that television
programming with expanded digital television channels, commercial-free music
channels and digital video recorders –
all services that many students are used to having at home.
Eagle’s relationships with the top vendors
and suppliers in the country will allow FHSU’s video offerings to expand as
technology advances. With the emerging technology of TV Everywhere, FHSU
on-campus students will be able to access additional television programming on
their mobile computing devices – a staple of Fort Hays students’ arsenal of
learning tools for the past several years.
“Eagle’s stable video-delivery platform
allows us to implement cutting-edge video delivery to the University without a
major infrastructure upgrade to the University’s existing wiring,” Shorman
said. “FHSU students will be able to enjoy advanced television as soon as they
move into the dorms this fall and faculty will be able to utilize our video
services in a variety of classrooms across campus.”
"As Gary noted, FHSU and Eagle have been
partners from the beginning, ever since television came to western Kansas,”
President Hammond said. “We are extremely pleased to continue this
public-private partnership that works to the good for the education of our
students.”
Shorman added, “President Hammond challenged
us to provide an on-campus video solution to the University that was flexible
and solid, yet capable of offering advanced video services in a seamless
fashion to the students, faculty and staff of FHSU and we are pleased to
provide such services to the University. The 270+ Eagle Employee-Owners have a
strong relationship with Fort Hays, serving as adjunct faculty, advisory board
members and a large number of our Employee-Owners are FHSU alums.”
Along with enhanced video delivery in the
residence halls and in various classrooms on campus, Eagle is providing video
hotspots in Forsyth Library and the Memorial Union.
Eagle Communications, Inc. is a Kansas-based
Broadband Services and Media Company with over 270 employee-owners. The company
operates 28 radio stations in Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri as well as cable
TV systems in 30 Kansas and Colorado communities. The company also offers
e-business solutions, web hosting, telephone service, high-speed Internet, and
wireless Internet in most service areas. For more information logon to http://www.eaglecom.net.