Remember that many educational establishments are short of cash and it is unlikely that you will find up to the minute equipment. In addition, two or three year courses often only provide practical hands-on media training in one of those years. If you make TV only in the first year, you'll have forgotten it or learnt obsolete skills by the end of the course. The practical skills need to continue throughout the course. Even if the College has a lot of equipment, if there is no technician to look after it, it can easily go wrong.
Many courses have a compulsory placement as part of the syllabus.
National Vocational Qualifications are becoming increasingly important and it is worth asking whether the course structure takes them into account. This means that representatives from industry will have visited the college to assess the equipment and teaching and spoken to staff and students. Some companies do not recruit students if they have not come from a validated college. Ask how many previous students are working within the industry - and ask how the College knows. Read the prospectus carefully.