Internetwork TV

Another useful posting from the Community Media Association:

There is an interesting article in today's Seattle Times profiling a new Internet television company called Brightcove along with a programme on 'hog cooking' (???) to be broadcast on the Barbeque Network by DaveTV.

DaveTV and Brightcove, along with companies like Akimbo, Total Vid, Open Media Network and OurMedia are part of a growing new group of companies called internetworks that are seeking to compete with regular network television and offer alternative niche video content.

These offerings are likely to be delivered to the domestic user via platforms like TiVo and Microsoft's Media Center shortly.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002276076_btinternettv16.html

I believe that the Internet is going to play a greater role in delivering television content in the very near future - take the news from the BBC today for example
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/05_may/16/imp.shtml)
- and that 'store-and-forward' delivery methods for television will possibly become the norm.

I think this has particular relevance to community television as it is such a cheap and convenient way to transmit content to what is perceived to be a niche audience.

There is so much of this news that comes out on a daily basis that I try to keep track of some of it via my blog at:

http://www.colondot.blogspot.com/

Best regards

Bill Best
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Community Media Association