[CAnet - news] "Democracy" Video Player and TV systems

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[Excerpts from www.convergedigest.com article-- BSA]

"Democracy" Video Player Offer Open Source, BitTorrent-like PVR
The Participatory Culture Foundation, a non-profit organization whose
mission is "to create tools for broader, deeper engagement with culture and
politics," released an open source Internet TV system designed as an
alternative to proprietary video players.

The "Democracy" player builds on RSS, Firefox, and BitTorrent technology to
enable the user anyone to watch, share, broadcast and download video over
the Internet. The player promises full screen video playback, continuous
non-buffered play, and an open standards environment free of adware or
spyware.

The Democracy Internet TV system is being supported by private donors,
including Silicon Valley venture capitalist Andy Rappaport, and Mitch Kapor,
Lotus founder and chairman of Mozilla Foundation (makers of Firefox).

A Windows version is available in the initial release. Other components of
the system include its Broadcast Machine, software to publish high quality
video for thousands of recipients from an ordinary website with almost no
hosting costs. The system also includes a program guide of hundreds of
channels of available video, and Video Bomb, a community-rated shareable
guide, or automatic feed, of Internet video.
http://www.getdemocracy.com
http://www.videobomb.com





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