Federal Judicial Television Network
The Center operates the Federal Judicial Television Network (FJTN), a satellite broadcast network. The FJTN has viewing sites in more than 300 federal court locations, making it the second largest nonmilitary television network in the federal government. In addition to broadcasting its own educational programs to the courts, the Center transmits educational and informational programming from the Administrative Office and the U.S. Sentencing Commission to judges and court staff over the FJTN. Some FJTN programs are broadcast live from the Center-operated studios in the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, allowing judges and staff at courthouses around the country to interact directly with faculty. Other programs are educational video programs produced in the studios, videotaped portions of educational conferences, or programs produced by other organizations that the Center or Administrative Office arrange to broadcast on the FJTN. Most programs are rebroadcast regularly to reach wider audiences and new judges and employees. In 2004, the FJTN broadcast 172 programs, including 26 live programs. The Center produced 70 of these programs, 16 of which were live. The FJTN Bulletin, a program guide produced by the Center every other month, provides broadcast schedules, program descriptions, and other news about the network. As part of an effort to reduce mass mailings to the courts, the Bulletin is available only in electronic form on the courts' intranet.