That is said to have been an option put forward by News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch in order to persuade the authorities to allow him to expand his STAR TV satellite system in China.

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Renee Klosterman, acting multimedia services manager at Washington's DIS, said her state's commitment to video technology is proven by a special Interactive Technologies Division within DIS, a mature videoconferencing system and a satellite TV studio that has all the cameras, production equipment and personnel needed to produce broadcast-quality video.

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