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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. Its been done. by Pxtl · · Score: 4, Funny

    Red vs. blue and Homestar are all the TV the internet needs.

  3. Finally by deathcloset · · Score: 4, Funny

    A good use for my WebTv ;)

  4. 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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  5. Don't forget Bittorrent! by exhilaration · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You can get most popular shows via BitTorrent. Check out this great site for a listing. And check out Azureus if you're looking for a great client!

  6. 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.

  7. Use of new technology for old technology by binaryDigit · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I find it highly amusing that old technology is used to support new technology which is then used to supply the features of old technologies. Case 1, telephones. POTS lines are used to carry modem traffic which is now used to carry voip (i.e. telephone) traffic. Cable lines are used to carry ip traffic which is now being utilized to receive tv. Gotta luv it.

  8. Free providers by bigjnsa500 · · Score: 4, Informative
    There are many free providers of TV over Internet. Its getting to the point of asking yourself WHY you watch broadcast TV anymore.

    For a list of worldwide stations - Smart Digital Network
    America Free TV

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  9. Re:Quality? by hrbrmstr · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I am amazed to see the words "quality" and "TV" used in the same sentence.

    HDTV presentation of crap is still crap.

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  10. Streaming content... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    These sites also offer some television content but mostly old stuff (very old). They have streaming movies which does not require you to download onto a set top device and then view on your tv. The sites are http://www.cinemanow.com/ http://www.movieflix.com/ and http://www.ifilm.com/. They have free and subscription content.