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This site is dedicated to the Inuit Dog as well as related Inuit culture and traditions. It is also home to The Fan Hitch, Journal of the Inuit Sled Dog.
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This site is dedicated to the Inuit Dog as well as related Inuit culture and traditions. It is also home to The Fan Hitch, Journal of the Inuit Sled Dog.
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NFB Increases Internet Accessibility to its Film Library
For quite some time the National Film Board of Canada has afforded unlimited free access to their extensive library of films and videos, including a generous collection of polar aboriginal films and documentaries, both archival and current. All you needed was to be in front of a computer with a web browser and internet access from which you could navigate to their website. You could then search their site by film title or browse their collection by category.
NFB has responded to the increased popularity of both alternative web devices and mobile access. Their collection of some 2,000 films and videos is now available to users of mobile devices as well as to their televisions.
Apps for Android phones and tablets are now found on the NFB’s Applications page. For iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Windows 8 tablets the NFB Application page directs you to those two company’s apps stores.
NFB has developed apps for use with the increasingly popular smart TVs made by LG and Samsung. They have also developed apps for both the new Google TV streaming device and the Roku streaming player*. In all four instances (LG, Samsung, Google TV and Roku) the appropriate apps are available for download from each company’s apps store.
* For readers not familiar with streaming players/devices: they afford an experience similar to that with a smart TV, from a conventional TV to which the streaming device is attached. Like smart TVs they require internet access to function. Typically there is a broad selection of apps supporting contact with a multitude of content providers. Some providers offer free access, others require either pay-on-demand or have subscription services.