Introduction   

This report was prepared by the University of Florida Video Advisory Committee (VAC). The charge to the VAC was to inventory the campus video infrastructure and to make recommendations designed to establish and improve connectivity and interoperability between university academic, research, and service units. The intended result of this study is to outline a strategy that, when implemented, will provide the university with the capability for the high speed transmission of high quality video, with 24/7 reliability and security, between on-campus and off-campus units. 

This report will: establish the need for a comprehensive campus video infrastructure; and provide a summary of the campus video inventory; discuss six important video issues with specific video system examples, present inherent problems related to these issues; and propose technology-based solutions.