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Review of internet TV and web video delivery in Australia August 2008
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Internet TV - Niche TV
Video delivery on the web
Program guide
• YouTube• Hulu• Joost • Veoh• LiveStation• Miro• ABC VOD• ABC iView• ABC Fora , Fora TV• Library TV
Delivery models
• Free / Pay per clip per time / Ads
• On demand / live
• Download before view / streaming
• Web based plug-ins / downloadable players
• Central servers / peer to peer
How does peer to peer work?
Peer to peer
• Servers serve only a handful of clients• Each of the clients in turn send the video
files to other clients • This moves the distribution costs from the
channel owner to the user• Often tricky to control auto downloads in
the players• Uploads may not be free!• Watch your Mb usage
Streaming
• Video sent in a continuous compressed stream
• Needs a player, which decodes the signal and shows the video.
• Do not have to wait to a download a large file
• Start viewing as the file arrives.
Don’t be alarmed
Online TV can be fun!
YouTube
• Still No 1 video sharing site
• User generated short clips
• Users upload, view and share
• Video displayed in the web browser using Adobe Flash technology
• Need to download and install a plug in for your browser to view
WARNING
The following video contains strong language, violence and adult themes.
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Hulu
• Free, ad-supported streaming video of TV shows and movies
• Uses flash format
• View through your browser
• Some shows in higher definition
• NBC, FOX, and others
• Currently offered only to users in USA
Joost
• Reviewed last year – less popular now
• Navigation clumsy and slow
• Video on demand - higher quality
• Web 2.0 features
• Peer to peer / streaming technology
• Ad supported
• Download and install a viewing client
VeohTV - browser
• Two viewing options. • The Veoh.com site: streaming web video • YouTube like• Broader selection of network television content (Fox and
CBS) • Also independent content (YouTube, Google Video)• Full episodes of shows up to 30 minutes • Ad clips play before/during your chosen video• Ads on the web pages as well
VeohTV - player
• Peer-to-peer based software application • Higher quality• Like a digital video recorder• Videos can be downloaded and saved for
later viewing• Subscribe to RSS feeds, publishers or
channels and automatically receive new content
• Web 2.0 features• Easier navigation than Joost
LiveStation
• Peer-to-peer technology
• Live TV
• Al Jazeera BBC World Service
• Can add channels from a directory
• 200MB per hour
• Lower quality images
Miro
• Open-source Internet TV application• Media player and library• Download videos for later viewing• Content guide• Video search engine• RSS and automatic download• Podcast and BitTorrent clients (peer to peer)• Hard to stop it auto downloading
ABC VOD
• Lower bandwidth requirement
• Some shows allow you to watch parts of the program
• Extended interviews
ABC iView
• High bandwidth requirement
• Needs cable/ADSL2 - 1.1 Mb/sec
• Chews up the Mbs
• Dr Who episode – 200+ Mb
ABC Fora / Fora TV
• Talks, addresses, presentations
• Libraries, institutes, book festivals
• Indexed talks
• Some also broadcast on ABC 2
• Ayaan Hirsi Ali
• Jeffrey Sachs
Library TV
• National Library of Singapore ‘Go Media’
• YouTube based video site
• Also instructional videos
• http://gomedia.nlb.gov.sg/
Internet TV Blogs etc
• NewTeeVee
• Miro Blog
• Last 100
Summing up
• Generally content poor • Band width still an issue• Poor quality images• Slow / interrupted delivery• Some material restricted in Australia • Technologies will improve and converge• It can be fun• Niche channels for every taste