Canadian Content laws are probably the reason for the Canadian only broadcast rules. Easier to control if it's all Canadian.
You need a PC (Doesn't work with Mac), IE 6 or above (Doesn't work with Firefox) and a webcam (No option to upload a show). I'll wait until after shaving my chest before trying a broadcast. Mike http://vlog.mikemoon.net --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Canada's Alliance Atlantis Communications - the 800lb media gorilla that > owns many of the Canadian specialty channels, distributes a lot of U.S. > movies in Canada and produces CBS' CSI shows - has started up a new > service called BlogTV.ca. The idea is to stream live video and audio via > the web. It's different than YouTube because apparently all the streams > are live video only. I say apparently because they site rejects anyone > with a non-Canadian IP address. > > CBC has info at > http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/01/31/tech-blogtv-20070131.html > > The problem with this business model that I see right away is that > Canada is one tenth the size of the U.S. - if you try to access the site > it blocks you without a Canadian IP address. Why exclude everybody who > isn't Canadian? Does that make sense? Heck, I am Canadian (currently > living in Mexico) and I can't watch it from here. > > Weird. > > -- > > Andrew > Creative Director, The World's Angriest Puppets > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: www.angrypuppets.com > Blog: puppetvision.blogspot.com > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy > with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.doteasy.com >
