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Internet TV Arrives (for Mac users) with DTV

Posted by timothy on from the don't-they-deserve-it dept.

luigi6699 writes "The fine folks at Downhill Battle just released a Beta of their Internet TV software for Mac OS X, called DTV. Mac users can download it now. It's totally free and open-source. The Windows version and full DTV launch is coming in just a few weeks... DTV is an Internet TV player: you can browse the built-in Channel Guide and subscribe to dozens of channels. Watch full-screen: music videos, documentaries, video blogs and more. You can submit your channels to their open Channel Guide, or make your own channel with Broadcast Machine. And you don't need to be a videomaker to have your own channel -- use Broadcast Machine to link to videos from all over the place. Check out this latest iteration of the read/write web!"

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  1. first thing that pops up by rebug · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This perplexing pseudo-dialog.

    Uhm, yes?

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  2. A new way to discover talent by chia_monkey · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Oh sweet mother...

    I don't know if it's the coffee in me buzzing me up beyond belief or if this has worlds of potential. Slashdot is great for listening to people comment about things from all around the world. The social networking sites (LinkedIn, MySpace, etc) are good for meeting people both personally and professionally. And now you have this, which could be many things to many people. Some could use it as their ranting platform. Others use it to discover talent (talent in writing, talent in gathering interesting video and compling it, talent in editing, etc). I can't wait to get home and download it (you Mac users out there please hold off and don't slashdot the page so I can get it).

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  3. Re:Why is is Mac only? by tres · · Score: 2, Insightful

    more likely:

    it's just a lot easier to develop for the mac.

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  4. Re:Why is is Mac only? by aristotle-dude · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Especially the interface.

    You can knock out a prototype of the UI in minutes with Interface builder and have something that you can play with.

    Once you are happy with it, you just wire up the code/objects and hit build.

    Notice that they have several features which have not been implemented yet but the UI controls are already there in this beta.

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