Author(s):

Lawrence A. Rowe

Affiliation:

University of California, Berkeley

Duration:

1.12:00

Abstract

Traditional broadcast television programs are composed of one video stream, fixed image size, and fixed picture quality. Interaction is limited to changing channels unless you have access to a service like WebTV. Many companies are developing technology that will allow traditional television to be distributed over the Internet, so called "Internet TV."

This talk will discuss features that can be exploited using Internet TV including multiple video streams, interaction between participants, and variable quality streams. In spite of these technical capabilities, most Internet Webcasts today are produced using traditional television technologies and are constrained to the limitations of traditional television broadcasting.

Research on developing computer-based webcasting technology will be described that exploits capabilities of this new medium including broadcast management, video-effects processing, and live production control. The use of this technology to produce this seminar and the Berkeley Internet Broadcasting System (BIBS) Class Lecture Webcasts will be described.

Presentation

Berkeley MIG Seminar
(August 30, 2000)