BMRC Presentation	The Future of Interactive Television is Internet Webcasting
Video      RealMedia LB Slides     PPT     HTML		Author(s): Lawrence A. Rowe Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley Duration: 50:21
	Abstract Traditional broadcast television programs are composed of one video stream with no interaction, fixed image size, and picture quality. The development of commercial webcasting distribution networks such as Broadcast.com and Real Broadcast Networks suggests that Internet Webcasting will be yet another distribution channel for television programming with the same constraints imposed by current television distribution technologies (e.g., wireless, satellite, and cable). Internet Webcasting can support multiple video streams, interaction between participants, and variable quality streams. In spite of these technical capabilities, most webcasts today are produced using traditional television technologies and are constrained to the limitations of traditional television broadcasting. This talk describes research on developing computer-based webcasting technology that exploits capabilities of this new medium including broadcast management, video-effects processing, and live production control. The principle application is distance/asynchronous learning, but the technology applies to many more applications including distributed collaboration and entertainment. Presentation:   Distinguished Lecturer Series   Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois   (February 21, 2000)