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Peer-to-Peer Internet Television

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the step-in-the-right-direction dept.

Lanaki writes "A non-profit based in Austin, TX is merging the free software and Copyleft communities through a new internet TV station: ACTLab TV. They are streaming Creative Commons, Copyleft, public domain content, and original videos using Alluvium software and their own media player. It's all open source, encouraging others to make their own audio and video streams. Their website was released this week and the player and demo stream will go public next week."

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  1. Re:Big Whoop by Trigun · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hey, some very good programming can be found on cable-access. Many old horror shows came out of local broadcast, and when those channels had to go to networks, the cable access took over. MST3k got its start on local access, and anyone over 40 can remember the local shows featuring clowns showing cartoons on Saturday mornings, and personalities such as the Ghoul or Zacherly, which graced only local markets.

  2. Re:Bit Torrent TV by Chyeld · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And suddenly we have a world where people can only watch the first half of a show because all the seeds drop off once the show is finished and never upload the last 30 sec to anyone.

    No thanks, I'd rather have the current setup where the most rare piece is the highest priority and simply "Tivo" the shows.