Hubble Starts to Wake Up
Posted by on under video service, interactive video, ustream, shooters, broadcasts, 3g, fi, downloads | 
Android: Ustream brings its streaming video service to the Android platform with a new app, allowing shooters to stream feeds instantly over 3G or Wi-Fi, save them for later web sharing, and even...Posted by on under free open source software, open source software, fee payer, secd, free open source, slashdot, ofcom, software co, uk tv, broadcasts, gears, receivers, bbc, peoe |
bluec writes "Generally speaking, the BBC isn't allowed to encrypt or restrict its broadcasts: the license fee payer pays for these broadcasts. But the BBC has tried to get around this, asking Ofcom for permission to encrypt the "metadata" on its broadcasts – including the assistive information used by deaf and blind people and the 'tables' used by receivers to play back the video. As Ofcom gears up to a second consultation on the issue, there's one important question that the BBC must answer if the implications of this move are to be fully explored, namely: How can free/open source software co-exist with a plan to put DRM on broadcasts?"Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Posted by on under ashton kutcher, asht, saturday night live, tooter, flatulence, cnn, snl, homage, milli, sketch, broadcasts, followers, celeb, love |
We all know that Ashton Kutcher is a fan of Twitter. Last year, Kutcher raced CNN to a million Twitter followers (Kutcher won). Kutcher hosted Saturday Night Live yesterday night, and as a web exclusive, SNL released this bit Kutcher did about Tooter, which Twitter-like network that broadcasts Kutcher's flatulence emissions, or "gissions." It's up to you to decide how funny the sketch is, but it's certainly an entertaining poke at the celeb's love for the microblogging network and social media. Watch a video of the sketch after the jump.Posted by on under 3dtv, gizmodo, terrestrial channels, south korea, broadcasts, nbsp |
