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Internet Televison Content Coming of Age

Posted by michael on from the moving-pictures dept.

Thomas Hawk writes "The Washington Post has an article out this morning on the assortment of internet based TV choices that are popping up providing additional and competing content to the major studios. Most of these providers are operating more as content collectors or aggregators than actual content producers."

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  1. CSPAN.org by turnstyle · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I watched all 4 US presidential debates (1 vice presidential) live on CSPAN.org. It worked great.

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  2. tv as we know it by to+be+a+troll · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I believe we are experiencing the last dying gasps of the final generation of TV as we know it... personally i have found myself watching all my TV on my computer, from downloaded Simpsons episodes to streaming CNN newscasts. I havent owned a TV in years. Most the younger people i know (18-25) are pretty much headed towards the same direction.

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  3. Vonage for TV by telemonster · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It is just a matter of time before Vonage style services for television start appearing. TV over IP.

    Now is the time for Multicast...

    I think it would be cool to have an opensource set top box that pulls content from something like bittorrent. Each box could serve and play, as an appliance. Let people publish content on the network and wala, true television revolution.

    Could make them out of Tivo units, after replacing Linux with NetBSD.

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  4. RSS + Divx = No More TV by tobes · · Score: 4, Interesting

    For me, the joy (if you can call it that) of tv has always been that it's a somewhat passive experience. Sometimes you just want to sit back and not "search" for content. Of course, lately tv has been failing to provide this experience. The lack of quality programming means that I spend more time channel surfing than I would like.

    Anyway, I think there's a big potential for tcp/ip video to replace the current distribution methods. The only hurdle is replicating that passive viewing experience. I think things like RSS go a long way towards achieving this. Instead of surfing/searching for video, by tying it to RSS you could just subscribe to "channels" and have the content pulled down to your machine (or links to it) almost immediately after it's published. Tie this in with some sort of search engine or recommendation system and you have a pretty powerful product.

  5. Re:Don't forget Bittorrent! by FictionPimp · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yea, I feel so guilty sending that check to the cable company every month while I'm downloading those episodes of the daily show I missed. I'm such a horrible person :-p

    *Yes I know your comment was sarcastic*

  6. Re:Don't forget Bittorrent! by marcop · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I know the parent is meant for sarcasm, however is it still stealing if I download shows from the Internet for archival purposes when I have:

    - am a TW digital cable subscriber - only downloading shows I actaully receive.
    - Tivo my shows
    - Have a VCR to archive.
    - Have a analog TV to firewire device bridge that I can use to cap my analog feeds.

    Since the US Supreme court has upheld that time shifting is OK, I can legally archive programs that I pay for and receive in my home. However, I find it more convenient to simply download shows instead of doing the work myself. Am I still a pirate?

    This questions seems more a rhetorical question whose answer varies depending on who you ask. Anyone have any legal backing?