Roll Your Own Television Network Using Bittorrent 252
Cryofan writes "Mark Pesce, lecturer at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) writes here and here about using p2p networks, specifically bittorrent, to create a grassroots television network. He cites as an example the BBC's "Flexible TV" internet broadcasting model using that as the core of a "new sort of television network, one which could harness the power of P2P distribution to create a global television network." Producers of video entertainment and news would provide a single copy of a program into the network of P2P clients, and the p2p network peers distribute the content themselves. Thus, a virtual 'newswiki' where the content is distributed bittorrent using some sort of 'trusted peer' or moderator mechanisms as a filtering/evaluation mechanism. So what is stopping anyone from doing this now? Awareness of the concept, perhaps? Lack of broadband connections? Lack of business models for content producers?"
Hmm... (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot is looking to become the next media giant
I, for one, welcome our new Slashdot overlords?
SlashdotTV? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Where I live (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Hmm... (Score:1, Funny)
What? You don't like CowboyNeal Sings Mother Goose?
You communist!
Re:They are doing it... illegally (Score:2, Funny)
2. ???
3. Profit!
In light of recent news, step 2 is "sue your customers."
Re:Content (Score:2, Funny)
I don't know, it depends on what you are doing in them...and more importantly who your doing it with.
Reality Bittorrent TV? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:How do you advertise? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:SlashdotTV? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:My first question was, 'why'? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:SlashdotTV? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:SlashdotTV? (Score:5, Funny)
The directors of the firm hired to
continue the credits after the other
people had been sacked, wish it to
be known that they have just been
sacked.
The credits have been completed
in an entirely different style at great
expense and at the last minute.
Re:No No fundage necessary (Score:1, Funny)
i think i've seen it...here is a still [frames.free.fr]
Re:SlashdotTV? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Where I live (Score:4, Funny)
Bite your tounge young man...
Re:SlashdotTV? (Score:2, Funny)
(Closely related to the Llama)