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Broadband TV in Hastings
Published: October 18, 2005
Broadband TV is now available in Hastings and Brighton. It is run by the ITV Local service and is fantastic news for the town. Local programs, local news feeds, local adverts and local businesses. I've been watching it at work as we have it streaming in over our 2MB ADSL line and it's displayed on our 40" plasma screen and it looks amazing.
If you're running Microsofts Internet Explorer then it should run straight away but if, like me, you're a Mozilla user then you'll need an ActiveX plugin for it to work, although support is limited at present.
You can download the Mozilla plugin from:
http://www.iol.ie/%7elocka/mozilla/mozilla.htm
Installation instructions are available from:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=206213
Content will include local entertainment, news, weather, travel and sports and best of all, we, the population of Hastings, can provide it. Find out more by visiting www.itvlocal.tv and selecting Hastings.
Think of the possibilities: neighbourhood watch in real-time; Observer live news bulletins; local events such as gallery showings or even council meetings broadcasted to the town. This form of microtv, for want of a better word, will surely one day take over from regional news, although current national and global affairs will always have it's place at the top.
Check it out and spread the word, either point them to this article or straight to the ITV Local website. Let's make Hastings TV a success; there's enough talent in the town.
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Addam Hassan says:
I saw this article on the BBC website. There's a funny story about ITV Webcam pointing at Brighton pier on my website (Link). Basically I work near there so one of the guys cycled down there. I would say though this is a cool service and it was very nice of them to inform me when loading up the window that they are working on the Mac version. Overall I can't wait to see what they do with it.
Mags says:
I've just brought an old Mac running OS9 but it works nicely with my digital video camera and I can't wait to publish things on ITV. I Ebay a lot and would love to post video adverts on it. Any ideas when its going to be live?
nige says:
Exciting though it is, there is a disturbing element to this new move. A TV License inspector told me with glee that 'Hastings is going to be the first place in the country where they are going to make Computer owners pay for a TV License'....on the grounds that you can now receive TV on a computer so must have a licence. He seemed a little shocked when I told him that the day they did that his office would be wearing my computers as decoration and I would leave the country.
angus says:
hi,
just wanted to let you all know there's another local broadband iptv service in hastings that's run by a local filmmaker for other filmmakers and has been operational for nearly six months. It is called hastings free tv (www.hastingsfreetv.com) and it currently runs on 256kbps with great picture quality so if anyone out there is on baby broadband you may find the films play out a bit quicker than ITV LOCAL, although you'll need quicktime. Hopefully this service will grow and will fill some of the gaps in local programming left by the more commercial stations.
best wishes
This is fantastic news, even though I've only got 512kb so I don't get the full benefit.
But it's the potential that's just amazing.
In the early 90's I used to work making corporate, promos and if I was lucky the occasional broadcast programme. We used to have ideas, but never the money to put them together. The joy here is that anyone with a cheap DV camera and a computer can make television!
At Last!