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Internet Television
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A new era of television was predicted in the mid 90's. The "500 Channel" universe was hyped with the promise of TV Channels catering to everyone's tastes. Cable television was able to partially satisfy this desire for diverse content, but was hindered by franchising restrictions and content licensing. Satellite television was able to improve and expand on this concept. Some of the major draw backs with satellite television were the cost of additional equipment, subscription fees, and and signal reception. The introduction of the global internet changed that.

Internet broadcasting provides the ability to distribute multimedia content without geographical limitations or technical licensing requirements. This technology has improved tremendously since it's inception in the early days of the Internet. Hardware and software development has enabled practically any one to have the ability to broadcast multimedia on the Internet.

The negative side of Internet broadcasting is the need for a dedicated computer server that acts as a broadcast transmitter and the need for large amounts of bandwidth for the distribution of multimedia content. Each person that tunes in or watches the Internet video broadcast uses a portion of the server bandwidth.

IP Multicast, peer to peer, and distributed content networks can be used to alleviate the need for large amounts of bandwidth, however, these methods require the installation of specialized software or hardware. The use of some of these technologies also carries some legal risks, such as peer to peer data transfer.

Various Internet companies ( Such as Google Video, YouTube, and Brightcove ) allow individuals, businesses or other groups to submit public domain, creative common, or licensed multimedia content for global distribution. This multimedia can be viewed without having to download it. These Internet video hosts provide the storage and bandwidth required for hosting the material in return for playing advertising prior to showing the featured multimedia. Many of these video hosts offer users the ability to create individual play lists of selected content. These playlists cannot be randomized or embedded on other web pages.

The typical broadcast schedule for over the air television stations consists of pre-recorded video. Live video is used only for news or sports. This concept of a broadcast video playlist can be duplicated on the Internet as well. Random and continuous playlists can be created by using multimedia content hosted by these free video hosting websites with the use of PHP, Java scripting, or specially designed Adobe Flash multimedia players.

These video playlists could be broad based or narrowly defined. The only cost would be obtaining a web hosting account that is PHP enabled. The use of a PHP enabled web host would replace the need for an expensive dedicated computer server that is required for Internet broadcasting. Combining multimedia content from several free video hosts would allow the creation of a very large playlist of virtually unlimited content that could emulate a continuous television broadcast. Banner or contextual advertising can be used to generate income for the Internet video broadcast station.

Unlike standard television stations, an Internet television station using this method can change video content in its playlist almost immediately. Multiple stations can be established with each one having a different video genre or theme, such as the western channel or comedy channel, etc . High speed / Broadband Internet access continues to increase on a global scale, enabling the delivery of quality video content. Several studies by media researchers indicate that Internet video demand and consumption will continue to increase.

Aggregating existing multimedia content can greatly reduce the start up and operational costs for an Internet television station. Creating random video playlists that use existing content would eliminate the need for creating new multimedia. The need for a dedicated network multimedia server for content distribution would also be eliminated. Using available content from various free video hosts would allow the Internet television station to provide very diverse multimedia content. These methods remove the need for large financial commitments for the operation of an Internet television broadcast station.

You can view an Internet broadcast television station using the methods discussed here : http://www.scenicradio.com

Gulf Coast Pictures

Some pictures taken from the Mississippi Gulf Coast.









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49th Parallel

Featured film from our playlist.

A damaged U-boat is stranded in a Canadian bay in the early years of World War II. The Fanatical Nazi captain and his crew must reach the neutral United States or be captured. Along the way they meet a variety of characters each with their own views on the war and nationalism.

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Scenic Radio In Print

Distribution Of Live Or On Demand Video Content

The Internet has enabled the delivery of multimedia content for immediate consumption. This ability started with low quality audio and low frame rate video. The quality of both audio and video content has improved with the increased access of broadband Internet available to the general public and the development of better methods of multimedia data compression.

Distribution of live content is preferable for broadcasting immediate activities, such as news or sports events. Live continuous internet broadcasting requires specialized software for content distribution, which includes a dedicated network server and encoding computer.

On demand video distribution can be used for content that does not require immediate delivery. This method of content delivery does not require the use of specialized server software. On demand video delivery requires only the use of a standard web hosting account. Previously recorded video content is used for on demand video distribution. This allows a greater variety in video production methods and for post video production editing.

Individual video files can be linked together to form a continuous chain of multimedia, similar to creating a playlist of audio files. This chain of linked multimedia files can be used to emulate the continuous distribution of video content. The multimedia playlist can be formatted using the simplified XML data file format versus the more complicated RSS data file format. The XML file format can easily accommodate random video playback. Multimedia files from various hosting locations can also be inserted into the same XML data file for content distribution. Using content from multiple sources will provide a greater variety of available content.

Adobe Flash is ideal for on demand content delivery as it is rapidly becoming the De Facto industry standard. The Adobe Flash multimedia player can be installed on most computer operating systems, including Windows, Linux, BSD and Solaris. The Adobe Flash multimedia player has recently been updated with the latest generation of audio and video multimedia compression codecs to allow high quality multimedia content delivery. Specialized PHP / Java scripting or specially configured Adobe Flash players can be used to randomly play the video multimedia contained in the XML multimedia playlist continuously.

On demand video content can be hosted for free using social video hosting sites. Advertising displayed prior to the presentation of the main video "sponsors" or pays for the video hosting and distribution costs.

On demand video program content can be rapidly modified by inserting or deleting multimedia content from the XML playlist. Immediate changes cannot be implemented with live video content distribution, without advanced preparation.

The use of on demand content delivery, with randomized video content generated from a XML playlist presented with the Adobe Flash Player offers a complete " out of the box " solution for providing a continuous broadcast of video content. The use of these methods provide results that are comparable with conventional over the air or internet television broadcasting, at a fraction of the price, that is capable of reaching a global viewing audience.

You can view an Internet "television station" using these methods to deliver a continuous broadcast of on demand video content here : http://www.scenicradio.com

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