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Microsoft's live broadcasting of the "Live Earth" concerts held across the world have not only done well, but have also broken world history records for the most event or celebration watched online. In the more then a decade that the Internet has been publicly used, we have seen various events broadcasted live on the Internet including Woodstock, New Year Celebrations (Millennium celebration), premier of movies, live casting of historical events like the War in Iraq, news broadcastings live from the scene (9/11, 7/7 newscasts) and even television premiers.

What's all the more fascinating is that despite the heavy on-line popularity of the event, Live Earth suffered from poor television ratings. This is most certainly a sign of things to come, as more people flock to their computer screen then to their television set for breaking news and entertainment.

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Posted by James at 11:54 PM | Permalink | Comments

Not so new, but more of a new discovery to me - is the existance of a site called FreeTube, that claims it "[..] lets you watch TV online for free without the need for any special software, hardware or subscription service. We are a completely free alternative to cable television that lets you watch tv channels and tv shows online using just your browser. "

Interesting concept carried out quite well seeing as how it sticks to it's promise, I didn't have to download anything special and I was able to use the site using my older 500mhz PII. I did however have to update my Windows Media Player, but that was only a 2 minute download and installation. After installing windows media player, it was quite simple - just a simple click on what they call a "category" [think topics like sports]. The channels are sorted and listed under these categories and you just click on one to watch. It has this google mail type loader that doesn't refresh the page..I think they call it web 20 or something?

I couldn't get windows media player to show the actual video but I took a screenshot (imagine that theirs some video in there lol):

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Posted by James at 10:48 PM | Permalink