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Livestation
Developer(s)Skinkers Ltd., Microsoft Research
Stable release
2.5.0[1] / 27 December 2008
PlatformMicrosoft Windows, Apple Macintosh [2], Linux, iPhone[3]
Available inEnglish
TypeP2PTV
LicenseProprietary
WebsiteOfficial Site; www.livestation.com

Livestation is a platform for distributing live television and radio broadcasts over a peer-to-peer data network.[4] It is being developed by Skinkers Ltd. based on peer-to-peer technology acquired from Microsoft Research.[5]

Overview

Livestation broadcast streams encoded in VC-1 format, received over a peer-to-peer overlay network.[5] Playback controls are overlaid on top of the video stream. Unlike services such as Joost which offer video on demand channels, Livestation streams live broadcasts.[6] Livestation splits a video stream into multiple stripes, each of which are shared independently among peers.[5]

Current live TV news channels in the global offering (which comes with a default installation) are limited to France24 in English and French, Al Jazeera in English and Arabic, Bloomberg Television, C-SPAN, Deutsche Welle TV and radio, Euronews in English, French and Arabic(Italian, German, Russian, and Spanish are no longer supported [7]) Russia Today in English and Arabic, BBC World News, BBC World Service Radio, BBC Arabic, ITN and CNN-IBN (temporary partner). Otherwise, reception is limited through GeoIP filtering, and depends on the location of the receiver [8]. Despite advertisement boasting BBC World News or Deutsche Welle TV, these are not available in some locations, including but not limited to the United States [9]. Livestation viewers can add channels from a directory, and may add their own choice of channels to the directory (limited to Windows Media streams).

The software is currently available in an open beta for Windows, Mac and Linux. The cross-platform compatibility is facilitated by the Qt framework. Social networking features have been added that include the ability to chat with other viewers and also find out what others are watching through a user generated rating system. The system can also be ported to Windows Mobile once a port of Silverlight is made available on that platform.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Version History". Retrieved 2009-01-25.
  2. ^ "Livestation Download Page info Windows XP or Vista Mac Linux ([[Ubuntu]] [[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora]]9 [[OpenSUSE]])". Retrieved 2009-01-01. {{cite web}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help)
  3. ^ "iPhone alpha in testing now". Retrieved 2009-01-01.
  4. ^ "Live television and radio". Retrieved 2008-03-09.
  5. ^ a b c "Scalable High Quality Solution". Retrieved 2008-05-14.
  6. ^ a b "Livestation demonstration". Retrieved 2007-07-05.
  7. ^ "EuroNews Broadcast cancellation". Retrieved 2009-01-01.
  8. ^ http://www.livestation.com/forum/categories/3-error_messages/posts/392-nothing_view
  9. ^ http://www.livestation.com/forum/categories/12-new_channels__your_suggestions/posts/774-bbc_world_news_for_american_viewers?page=1#776


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