Hi all,
today I'd like to draw your attention to a site which I have recently
launched.
www.bantertv.com pulls in the currently available BBC simulcast
streams and adds a chat interface. Sounds simple - and it is. However
noone seems to have done it yet, and I think combining live TV with a
channel for interaction between viewers is hugely attractive.
So if you have nothing better to do at 1pm then head over and watch
the one o'clock news there.
If you like the idea - and the BBC is not too miffed about the project
- then I'd like you to help spread the word. I have a few more
'social' features waiting to be switched on but quite frankly there's
not much point in doing that until there's a core group of visitors
bringing some traffic. Once that happens though I am sure that the
conversations will be interesting to watch - imagine Eastenders (once
the main BBC channels go simulstream), or Strictly come Dancing.
A bit of background about myself (since this is my first real
contribution to the list):
I'm a Flash Platform developer specialising in Flash video, Flash
Media Server and real-time capabilities in Flash. My company is www.muchosmedia.com
and my personal blog is at www.flashcomguru.com
I'm currently bootstrapping the development of some Flash based
services, the first one being www.scribblar.com, an online
collaboration tool. As you can see on BanterTV, I also build a lot of
chat applications, some of which include live audio and video (via
webcam/mic).
I'm looking forward to getting more involved in this group (and I
think I have something ping.fm related to post soon).
Best wishes,
Stefan
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