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satellite. One area of particular interest to the government was the potential application of satellite technology to enable production and distribution of programming in the Arctic. The Inuit
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producers, journalists, on-air personnel), managers, administrators, and a governing board. Eighteen trainees from five communities began the intensive program in 1983, and sixteen completed the course two years later.
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