Skinkers Announces Live TV Broadcasting via P2P
ALERT – Skinkers, a London-based company, is using Microsoft Research’s LiveStation (beta) and Silverlight technologies to stream live television content over a peer-to-peer(P2P) network, which means that users don’t experience the typical client-server architecture and bandwidth issues that impact traditional video streaming quality.
However, corporate administrators should understand that Skinkers can still consume large amounts of bandwidth similar to that of other video and P2P applications. Unlike other P2P video applications like Joost, BabelGum, and Veoh, Skinkers is providing live television content. Palo Alto Networks will continue to monitor the development of Skinkers and an App-ID for this application will be available soon.
Click here to view a video demonstration of the LiveStation technology.
Click here to view the Ars Technica article.
Veoh Networks launches VeohTV
ALERT – On Jun 20th, 2007, Veoh Networks launched VeohTV, an Internet video viewing application.
Unlike Joost and other video applications that use P2P networks to distribute controlled content, VeohTV is a video browsing application designed to simplify the task of accessing a wide range of generally available Internet content, including CBS, NBC, Youtube, and others. Palo Alto Networks will soon add an App-ID for this application.
Babelgum Announces 30 Content Partners
ALERT – On June 15, 2007, Babelgum, a new Internet-based TV network, announced that it had signed 30 content partners.
Bablegum joins a rash of new companies that are showcasing their P2P-based video networks, with the most attention going to Joost. These up and coming network video providers promise to allow users to download and view full-length TV and video content over the Internet. As with the other video network providers, Babelgum uses a distributed P2P network that relies on end-users to help distribute the content to other viewers. While very efficient for Babelgum, it can wreak havoc on a corporate network. Babelgum’s open beta started on June 5th with no date given for general availability. Palo Alto Networks will soon add an App-ID for this application.
