Filed under: Internet, Video, Windows, Freeware
Free P2P Internet Television with SOPCast
by Jason Clarke Aug 19th 2005 at 4:24PM
Is free TV over the internet finally here? Well, sort of. SOPCast is a peer-to-peer Windows application that tries to make video streaming more viable. It appears to be in early stages, but is functional; at this time you can watch BBC World News, HBO Movies, ESPN Sports and a few other channels in your Windows Media Player, via the SOPCast client. The intent of this service is to allow anyone to offer their video through a simple link on their website, provided the visitor has the SOPCast client installed. We'll keep an eye on this one - it's fun to play with, but may not yet be ready for prime time. Excuse me while I go back to watching the BBC World News report. 
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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Chris said 5:00PM on 8-19-2005
I love this, but I wonder how legal is it? It's a great program.
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Andrew Cooke said 10:13AM on 8-20-2005
What happened to that other program? I think the website was www.onlinetvrecorder.com
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Chris said 5:44PM on 8-19-2005
http://www.wwitv.com/portal.htm
That's a list containing hundreds of free Internet TV stations. Great for importing into SopCast!
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byair said 1:37PM on 10-17-2005
ok
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byair said 1:41PM on 10-17-2005
no
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