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Inside the World’s Mightiest Bank: The Federal Reserve with VIDEO CLIP

As the anchor of the global economy, the Federal Reserve Bank handles more money than any other bank in the world. This program explores the far-reaching responsibilities of the Federal Reserve in setting interest rates, regulating other U.S. banks, and making new money. For the first time, cameras go inside the Fed’s network command center, the hub of an electronic payment system called FEDWIRE where banks and big institutions pay each other and where over $2.1 trillion changes hands each day. The program also looks at the fascinating manufacture of U.S. currency and high-tech ways to combat counterfeiting. A Discovery Channel Production. (51 minutes, color)

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Job Search and Careers

Dearly Departed -The work of a funeral director requires a fine blend of reverence and expedience, compassion and humor, strength and skill. This program profiles two funeral directors—one male, one female—who work in metropolitan New York. The camera is present as they and their bereaved clients proceed through the mortuary process, spotlighting corpse pickup, funeral planning, embalming and cosmetizing, viewings and memorial services, burial and cremation, and air transport. Ideal for those considering a career in mortuary science or for anyone desiring a deeper understanding of how the business of living comes to an end. A Discovery Channel Production. (46 minutes, color)
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Technology

Digital Cool -This program is an outstanding case study of how Korean high-tech powerhouse Samsung Electronics engages and expands its target markets by continually designing, developing, and reinventing its products in innovative ways. Topics include consumer research, the design process, manufacturing, team-building, sales efforts, and the ideas lab, where visionaries apply their expertise to items ranging from cell phones, to digital gaming, to the digital home. Experts include Vice Chairman and CEO Jong Yong Yun and MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte, author of the best-seller Being Digital and cofounder of Wired magazine. A Discovery Channel Production. (48 minutes, color)
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Eyes in the Sky -This classic program looks at how the same spy satellites that have monitored nuclear threats and military maneuvers for over thirty years are now finding new commercial, scientific, and environmental roles. Engaging computer animation and photography illustrate a variety of peacetime applications, such as global telecommunications, the tracking of weather patterns, and navigation and cartography utilizing the Global Positioning System. Interviews with NASA astronauts and the CEOs of Earthsat and Launchspace complement this fascinating program. A Discovery Channel Production. (100 minutes, color)
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The X Factor: Inside Microsoft’s Xbox -Microsoft owns the office, and now it wants to take over the living room. Drawing on input from key Microsoft decision-makers and the hotshot development teams behind Crimson Skies, Halo 2, and Oddworld, this program illustrates the challenges of video game development and marketing. Xbox architecture and controller design, scripting, animatics, motion capture, programming, and playtesting are touched upon as the creators pull all-nighters of debugging, agonize through green light prototype meetings, and race to meet E3 trade show and final delivery deadlines. Can Microsoft use the Xbox to beat Nintendo and Sony at their own game? A Discovery Channel Production. (51 minutes, color)
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Information Technology

Gameheadz Since the first Pong machine was launched three decades ago, computer games have evolved to become the world’s second-largest entertainment industry, after music. This fascinating program profiles the visionaries, mavericks, and renegades of this addictive multibillion-dollar industry. Interviews with Nolan Bushnell, Ralph Baer, and others illustrate the innovation and creativity that went into the creation of Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Asteroids, Donkey Kong, Super Mario Brothers, and Tetris, among others, and the Game Boy system. A Discovery Channel Production. (51 minutes, color)
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Sales & Marketing

America’s Ad Icons -The best product mascots and corporate ambassadors share two key features: they become indelibly associated with the things they represent and they remain relevant over time. This informative and entertaining program uses case studies of Tony the Tiger, Charlie the Tuna, the Energizer Bunny, Jack in the Box, Colonel Sanders, Kool-Aid Man, Mr. Peanut, Morris the Cat, and Mr. Clean to illustrate different approaches to creating memorable brand icons. The psychology behind their remarkable consumer and cultural appeal is also discussed. Many commercial clips are included. A Discovery Channel Production. (51 minutes, color)
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American Car: A Marketing Case Study - This program outlines the Nissan, GM, and Ford strategies for dominating today’s light truck marketplace as the Titan and Hummer H2 square off against the thoroughly redesigned F-150. Making stops at the Detroit auto show, Nissan’s design studio, the "Ford Tough" torture track, and the ad agency that launched the H2, senior officers of these battling manufacturers openly discuss Nissan’s comeback, Hummer’s push to broaden market penetration, and Ford’s bid to stay on top. A Discovery Channel Production. (46 minutes, color)
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The Launch: A Product Is Born with VIDEO CLIP - The challenge: create the ultimate barbecue grill. The timeline: five weeks. The pressure: intense. By focusing on one very concentrated case study, this program illustrates the process of development that every new product goes through. Team members from Pentagram, a well-known design firm, and client company Design Within Reach take viewers on a wild ride that begins with a kickoff meeting and ends, a mere 34 days later, with the launch of a prototype. Field research, brainstorming, concepting, designing, model-making, and fabricating are demonstrated as the designers, engineers, and machinists—reacting to the ever-present unexpected—hurry to get the job done. A Discovery Channel Production. (51 minutes, color)

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The X Factor: Inside Microsoft’s Xbox -Microsoft owns the office, and now it wants to take over the living room. Drawing on input from key Microsoft decision-makers and the hotshot development teams behind Crimson Skies, Halo 2, and Oddworld, this program illustrates the challenges of video game development and marketing. Xbox architecture and controller design, scripting, animatics, motion capture, programming, and playtesting are touched upon as the creators pull all-nighters of debugging, agonize through green light prototype meetings, and race to meet E3 trade show and final delivery deadlines. Can Microsoft use the Xbox to beat Nintendo and Sony at their own game? A Discovery Channel Production. (51 minutes, color)
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The Internet

Hackers: Outlaws and Angels -This alarming program reveals the daily battle between the Internet’s outlaws and the hackers who oppose them by warding off system attacks, training IT professionals and police officers, and watching cyberspace for signs of imminent infowar. Through interviews with frontline personnel from the Department of Defense, NYPD’s computer crime squad, private detective firm Kroll Associates, X-Force Threat Analysis Service, and several notorious crackers, the program provides penetrating insights into the millions of hack attacks that occur annually in the U.S.—including one that affected the phone bills of millions and another that left confidential details of the B-1 stealth bomber in the hands of teenagers. The liabilities of wireless networks, the Code Red worm, and online movie piracy are also discussed. A Discovery Channel Production. (51 minutes, color)
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International Business

American Car: A Marketing Case Study - This program outlines the Nissan, GM, and Ford strategies for dominating today’s light truck marketplace as the Titan and Hummer H2 square off against the thoroughly redesigned F-150. Making stops at the Detroit auto show, Nissan’s design studio, the "Ford Tough" torture track, and the ad agency that launched the H2, senior officers of these battling manufacturers openly discuss Nissan’s comeback, Hummer’s push to broaden market penetration, and Ford’s bid to stay on top. A Discovery Channel Production. (46 minutes, color)
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Digital Cool -This program is an outstanding case study of how Korean high-tech powerhouse Samsung Electronics engages and expands its target markets by continually designing, developing, and reinventing its products in innovative ways. Topics include consumer research, the design process, manufacturing, team-building, sales efforts, and the ideas lab, where visionaries apply their expertise to items ranging from cell phones, to digital gaming, to the digital home. Experts include Vice Chairman and CEO Jong Yong Yun and MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte, author of the best-seller Being Digital and cofounder of Wired magazine. A Discovery Channel Production. (48 minutes, color)
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The Secret World of Air Freight - The air freight industry is a perpetual motion machine moving 27 million tons of goods annually. This program goes inside the seemingly mundane enterprise to reveal an exciting world that has revolutionized business. The program highlights a typical day at the FedEx Superhub in Memphis, the busiest cargo airport for the largest cargo airline in the world. Package and document flow through the facility is tracked step-by-step. Next, the action shifts to Narita, Japan, home of Northwest Airlines’ largest freight hub in Asia. Merchandise from race cars and wine to thoroughbred horses and computers is transported over an incredible logistical network. A Discovery Channel Production. (51 minutes, color)
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