For the good and for the bad, television has been one of the most influential factors in the development of our present day culture and world view. While the reality and illusions television has created may not be perfectly marching the ideal world you may have been dreaming about, not all is lost.
From the moment in which television can be transformed from a top-down medium, where few “players” decide and determine what everyone else can select to see to an open medium where everyone has the right and ability to contribute her video-based content, television is doomed to be transformed for good.
That historical moment may be getting one definite step closer today, with the upcoming launch of Democracy Player, the final component of an open video access and publishing platform that truly allows anyone (on Macs and PCs) to view, vote, subscribe, show, share, publish and distribute video-based content online at no cost at all.
Today is indeed the official launch day for the newest and final piece of Participatory Culture democratic television platform. The platform includes four key components:
- The Democracy Player (formerly DTV for Mac)
- Videobomb
- Broadcast Machine
- The Channel Guide
The new Participatory Culture platform is fully Open Source and built on Open Standards in the true open and interoperable spirit of the Internet.
Read the full story:
Online Open Television Platform Launches Today: Democracy Is Here
[tags]open standards,video – internet television,open-source,video publishing[/tags]