Beyond text and pictures: Mass video broadcasts on the cheap

By John Locke on April 13, 2005

Web publishing is no longer just text and pictures. It's now possible to b eyour own Internet video station, without needing a huge server or bandwidth. Many different technologies work together to make it easy for people to subscribe to video or audio feeds from your web site, downloading large files to their desktops for viewing/listening at leisure.

Today, I stumbled upon a project to bring all these technologies together: Participatory Culture Foundation. From the web site:

"RSS and Bittorrent create the opportunity for anyone to make a television channel with full-screen video that can be watched by thousands or millions of people, with no broadcasting costs. Finally, real competition in television and truly independent television becoming the mainstream."

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John Locke is the lead developer and founder of Freelock, LLC. In addition to being a proficient web developer, he is an experienced technical writer, network administrator, and all around problem solver. He has worked with computers since 1984, and currently advises small businesses on open source software.