She was consequently condemned to life imprisonment by a special military tribunal in a trial held behind close doors on July 4, 1995. Her sentence was commutted to 15 years on October 10, 1995. Various media have arisen to satisfy the basic human needs of information and entertainment. Technological advancements have enabled these media to reach larger audiences as well as exercise the freedom of choice. With the advent of satellite technology, media operators and telecommunications firms now possess the capabilities of communicating and relaying broadcasts on a global basis employing multimedia and the Information Superhighway.
Multimedia involves the combination of different types of media.
Text pictures, animation, narration, video and music are presented as one package to the audience while Communications Media Industries such as telephone, motion picture and electronic publishing companies merge to form a communications network known as the Information Superhighway. The Information superhighway possesses the capacity to bring such services as On-line and Internet Services into the offices and homes. The Internet is a vast network of computers composed of smaller networks all over the world providing people with access to software, electronic magazines, journal articles, pictures, video clips and animations. The Internet is essentially a loose association of networks in contrast to Commercial On-Line Services, the largest of which is Compuserve. This will, to a large extent, eliminate the need for a personal collection of video films, music CDs, newspapers, games and books since these are available through Multimedia On-line.