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Video Distribution Platform Aiming to Kill TV

Posted by Zonk on from the i-hope-this-lasts-more-than-five-minutes dept.

skaterperson writes "I just read about Downhill Battle's new open source video platform - a publishing tool based off of BattleTorrent and a video player written in Python. They've started a whole new organization to sponsor the project. They say "TV channels" will be made out of RSS feeds and anybody can subscribe to another user's content channel. The system is being designed for the express purpose of putting broadcasting in the hands of individuals. I like this idea of using recent advances in filesharing and syndication to allow aggregated content to be delivered to your desktop. There is a radio show on the project available at echoradio." The project is just getting underway, with a (hopeful) launch date sometime in June of this year.

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  1. "Fifteen minutes of fame" by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 4, Funny


    "In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes."
    - Andy Warhol


    Screw that...in the future, everyone will have their own public-access TV show.

    Seriously though, where is this going? It sounds like for every person who decides to actually publish something with thought and content, about 100 people will just be publishing their webcam of them going about their day. This impending explosion of mind-numbing neo-reality TV is going to make Survivor look like Shakespeare.

    Here's a tip: folks, if you're wondering if your day-to-day existence is interesting enough to make into a reality TVshow, odd are you're WRONG. Keep it to yourself.
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    ~ |rip/\/\aster /\/\onkey

    1. Re:"Fifteen minutes of fame" by afd8856 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I was thinking the other day of publishing my webcam on the internet. It would be like... me sitting in front of the computer programming all day. Ocasionally the cat would play with the cam and it would end up on the floor, adding new insights and novelty into the daily show.

      Of course, it would only be pay per view. I've already started writing the business plan and will be submiting the plan for financing to a local group of investors. Wish me luck! I'll be famous one day!

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      I'll do the stupid thing first and then you shy people follow...
  2. Ten Commandments Be Damned by gowen · · Score: 5, Funny
    Gosh. Everything's "Kill, Kill, Kill" round here. Can't we have nice, chilled-out, mellow headlines like
    Video Distribution Platform Aiming to Peacefully Coexist With TV
    or
    Linux Can Live Eternally In State Of Perpetual Grooviness With Windows
    Or am I just an old hippy.
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    Athletic Scholarships to universities make as much sense as academic scholarships to sports teams.
    1. Re:Ten Commandments Be Damned by TrippTDF · · Score: 2, Funny

      When I was playing Half-Life 2 last week I was aiming to peacfully co-exist with the Combine. Unfortunatly the AI and I didn't see eye to eye, and I had to kill them.

    2. Re:Ten Commandments Be Damned by Hinhule · · Score: 1, Funny

      *starts playing a Slayer CD*

      Damn hippies!

      Cartman is an inspiration to us all.

  3. Oh, dear God... by Eyeball97 · · Score: 1, Funny
    "The system is being designed for the express purpose of putting broadcasting in the hands of individuals."

    I can see it now... 140,000 "reality TV" channels of some Gerry Springer type's home lives, and 3 real channels...

  4. Fifteen minutes of LAME. by JavaLord · · Score: 1, Funny

    Screw that...in the future, everyone will have their own public-access TV show.

    I can see it now..."Tune in at 3AM and watch me troll some obscure PHP BB in my own special mini series called "Troll that board!"

    Uggg.

    On the other end of the spectrum, it would be nice to get an all-tech television channel going again, like the early days of ZDTV (Tech TV)