A consortium of European broadcasters, satellite operators and software providers are collaborating on a new set-top box standard.
Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) aims to “harmonize the broadcast and broadband delivery of news, information and entertainment to the end consumer through TV’s and set-top boxes with an optional Web connection.”
According to the firms working on the [...]
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This is an interestingly one as it gives some idea of the true cost of hosting and serving video – and the films are interesting to – watch em before they go (:
“the charge for transferring our film archive will be £26,000.00 and we have only received donations totalling £30.00 to the film archive since it launched last year”
http://www.christiebooks.com/fmd_query.html
>>ChristieBooks anarchist film site to close
>>
>> Brightcove (or film server provider) has just informed us that as of
>> December 17 they will be closing their network account programme > which is
>> the service we are using > Brightcove 3. As
>> the charge for transferring our film archive will be £26,000.00
>> and we have
>> only received donations totalling £30.00 to the film archive since it
>> launched last year, we are unlikely to be able to continue
>> providing this
>> service beyond December 17 this year. We are looking out for other
>> servers
>> and service providers so if anyone has any suggestions please let
>> us know.
>>
>> Meanwhile, there are 760 unusual and interesting feature films,
>> documentaries, shorts, talks and some animations up there > haven’t checked them all out yet you have just over a month to do
>> so before
>> they disappear.
>>
>> Hasta la vista!
>>
>> http://www.christiebooks.com/fmd_query.html
>>
>> http://christiebooks.com
>>
e-mail from steev@detritus.net
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The true cost of streaming video?
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The Age of Stupid is a 90-minute film about climate change, set in the future. Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite (In The Name of the Father, Brassed Off) stars as a man living alone in the devasted world of 2055, looking back at archive footage from 2007 and asking: why didnt we stop climate change when we had the chance?
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The Age of Stupid – trailer
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Iraq War Ends U.S. Army helicopters begin moving troops and equipment from Saddam Hussein’s former Baghdad palace. (COURTESY ARMY.MIL) Ex-Secretary Apologizes for W.M.D. Scare 300,000 Troops Never Faced Risk of Instant Obliteration By Frank Larimore Ex-Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice reassured soldiers that the Bush Administration had known well before the invasion that Saddam Hussein lacked weapons of mass destruction. Court Indicts Bush on High Treason Charge By Bart Garzon George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, was indicted Monday on charges of high treason. Troops to Return Immediately By Jude Shinbin Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom were brought to an unceremonious close today. Streets Come Alive as Relief and Exuberance Greet End of Conflicts By Schuyler Frank Thousands take to the streets to celebrate the announced end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. After the War * Last to Die in Battle Remembered, American and Iraqi * Torture, Rendition “Not Such Good Ideas After All” * War Brides (and Husbands) Find Their Place in a New Iraq http://www.nytimes-se.com/
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New York Times – Iraq War Ends
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