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EU Funds P2P-Based Internet TV Standard

Posted by kdawson on from the pushme-pullyou dept.

oliderid writes to let us know that, even as the UK threatens ISPs who don't clamp down on P2P traffic, the rest of the EU is going the other way. (Here is a link with a a bit more technical detail.) Europe recently agreed to: "...spend 14M Euros to create a standard way to send TV via the Net. The project will create a peer-to-peer system that can pipe programs to set-top boxes and home TV sets. It will be based on the BitTorrent technology. The four-year research project will try to build a system that can stand alongside the other ways that broadcasters currently get programs to viewers."

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  1. P2P? by Corpuscavernosa · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comcast just had a heart attack.

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    1. Re:P2P? by emilper · · Score: 3, Funny

      they are just attempting to reinvent the torrent tracker.

      Unfortunately for me, I am paying for it ... and don't you dare mod this funny :-|

    2. Re:P2P? by emilper · · Score: 3, Funny

      I choose "overrated".

  2. Re:How does this compare? by zappepcs · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can anyone offer insight into whether user to server or server to users to users puts less stress on internet infrastructure? I'm not sure, but reading that three times put stress on me
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