STREAMING VIDEO LINKS

Ensuring Quality of Video By Simulating Display, Viewing Conditions & Human

• Tektronix PQA500 Automates Video Viewing For Checking Video Quality. Especially useful if you have input (reference) and output (test) video to compare across any channel, compression technology, format (resolution, frame rate, colorimetry, white balance, etc.) conversion, etc. For example: DVD mastering, video streaming over the net, Digital Cinema, 4k/2k to High Def Conversion, High Def to Standard Def conversion, TV video to Computer video, comparisons of how edits look on various display technologies, determining where people are most likely to look, etc.

Movies and TV for A Fee

Live Video Links for Free

News (in English)

• CNN LIVE STREAM : http://www.cnn.com/video/live/live.html?stream=stream1
• NBC News Headlines (short clip updated often)
• CSPAN 1
• CSPAN 2
• BLOOMBERG TV LIVE STREAM : http://media2.bloomberg.com/btv_us200.asf
• Free Speech TV, including live stream: https://www.freespeech.org/
• Sky News (UK)
• RTE News (Ireland)
• BBC Headline News
• A Channel (Canada) News
• Fox News 2
• Pentagon channel
• France 24 (in English)
• Sky News Australia (including business news)
• Russia Today (in English) (including business news)
• NDTV 24/7 (India) : News & Documentary TV channel.
• Pakistan TV (in English) (including business news)
• CCTV China (in English) (including business news)
• Press TV Iran (in English) (including business news)
• NHK Japan (in English) (including local features)

  Government/Acedemic Related

• NASA TV
• Pentagon Channel
• Research Channel (U. of Washington)
• Research Channel 2: University of Washington TV, channel 2.
• UWTV: TV from the University of Washington.

News, Other Languages

• Noticias 24 (Spanish)
• France 24 (French)
• LNC Quebec (French)
• RainNews Italy (Italian)
• RainNews Italy (Italian)
• Al Jazeera (Arabic)

General

• SciFi Channel
• RTV 2 Vojvodina, Serbia has sometimes English movies with Serbian subtitles.
• MTV
• Rock Television
• Mezz TV (Music Videos)
• Bigpond Music (Australia)
• Students in the television area work with VSU-TV, South Georgia.
• NBC Weather, Universal Sports??
• Honolulu TV
• WSTV:Classic movies, and made for TV movies from the 60's, 70's and 80's
• RealGood TV: Continuous Streams of Student Films
• Thriller Classics TV
• NorthBay Chan, Ontario, Canada
• CBFT: General TV channel, Canada
• Wildlife Channel (from UK)
• Internet Channel 4 (Canada)
• SmasHits TV (India) Entertainment.

  Via wwitv.com pages:

• MTVU
• Democracy Now! Click on "Full-screen" when video appears.
• Disney Channel
• Looney Tunes (Cartoons)
• Toon Jet (Cartoons)
• Tom & Jerry (Cartoons)
• NDTV 24/7 (India) : ?Trailers for? News & Documentary TV channel.

• SumoTV, UK: http://wwitv.com/a1/b2134.asx
• AFTV 1: old adventure movies: http://wwitv.com/a1/b2157.qtl
• AFTV 10: old comedy movies: http://wwitv.com/a1/b2161.qtl
• AFTV 11: old crime movies: http://wwitv.com/a1/b2162.qtl
• AFTV 12: old mystery movies: http://wwitv.com/a1/b2163.qtl
• AFTV 2: old silent classic movies: http://wwitv.com/a1/b2145.qtl
• AFTV 3: more old silent classic movies: http://wwitv.com/a1/b2160.qtl
• AFTV 4: old horror movies: http://wwitv.com/a1/b2158.qtl
• AFTV 6: old sci-fi movies: http://wwitv.com/a1/b2156.qtl
• AFTV 7: old sci-fi and horror movies: http://wwitv.com/a1/b2146.qtl
• AFTV 9: old comedy movies: http://wwitv.com/a1/b2143.qtl
• Telesur TV, Venezula: http://wwitv.com/a1/8375.asx
• CBL Film, Italy: http://wwitv.com/a1/b4070.asx
• ComedySpot, USA: http://wwitv.com/a1/b2521.asx
• vancouver news (recorded): http://wwitv.com/a1/6539.asx

  Bulgarian Language

• Gypsie TV see also http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b4450.htm
  • Note the URL changes among stream, tv_channels and a1 (and perhaps other options):
    • http://wwitv.com/stream/b4450.asx
    • http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b4450.asx
    • http://wwitv.com/a1/b4450.asx
• Tiankov TV: Bulgarian folklore.
• Eurofolk Web TV dedicated to European Folklore.
• Bagri TV General TV channel.
• BGTV General TV channel.
• Eco Bulgaria TV Documentaries about nature, animals, environment and humans.
• HipHop TV (Bulgarian + many other languages)
• RE:TV - News & Info
• TV Estate: Tourism & Real Estate
• Zdrave: Music channel

  Croatian Language

• HTV1 General TV channel.
• STV Local TV from Osijek.
• Deejay TV Music TV channel.
• Tourism Channel

  French Language

• SciFi Channel (French)
• TVA (Canada) French-speaking general channel from Quebec
• Talk shows w/ scientists (French/Canada)

  Hindi/India

• Punjabi Songs: Indian Music (Punjab Province).
• Jaya MaxMusic TV channel.
• ETV Telugu
• Raj TV: General TV channel.
• SmasHits TV Entertainment.
• SubhavaarthA TV: General TV channel.
• Zee TV Marathi: General TV Channel.
• TV India Live: General entertainment.
• Jaya Plus News TV channel.
• NDTV: News TV channel.
• Peace TV: Islamic channel.

  Macedonian Language

• Iris TV has sometimes English movies with Macedonian subtitles.
• A1 (Vesti) News updated ~daily

  Persian/Farsi Language

• Rang A Rang (General TV)

  Russian Language

• Webmir TV Russian internet TV from Canada.

  Serbian Language

• RTV 1 Vojvodina, Serbia General Serbian TV.
• RTV 2 Vojvodina, Serbia has sometimes English movies with Serbian subtitles.
• Televizija M, Serbia (Located in Toronto, Canada) General Serbian TV.
• RTS1, Serbia General Serbian TV.
• TV Srbije, Serbia General Serbian TV.

  Spanish Language

• Cuba Broadcasting

  Mixed languages

• WinTVWorld.com misc. languages

Other Links To Live Video Broadcasts

English Language News Radio

• WarpRadio Pick radio by type or call letters.
• KPAM Radio, Portland, OR (Windows Media Player, English)
• Web page for KPOJ 620AM Radio, Portland, OR (Windows Media Player, English)
• KPOJ 620AM Radio, Portland, OR (Windows Media Player, English)
• NPR Program Stream

Not Live

• Psych, etc.
• ABC Full Free Episodes of many shows
• Democracy Now
• 60 minutes full episodes
• Charlie Rose
• PBS TV Programs
• All Full Episodes (10690) via AOL (includes many "current" prime time TV shows)
• CBS Link to Numb3rs episodes
• USA Network full episodes (Monk and other shows): http://www.usanetwork.com/fullepisodes/
• http://www.tv-links.cc has some working links to TV show episodes and movies.
• http://www.fancast.com has some working links to TV show episodes and movies.
• http://youtube.com
• infinitube.net continously plays all the youtube search results so you don't have to do so much clicking if you know you want to see at least the start or top results.
• To sort youtube results, copy, past and edit
  • http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=[YOUR_SEARCH_STRING_HERE]&search_sort=video_view_count for most viewed
  • http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=[YOUR_SEARCH_STRING_HERE]&search_sort=video_date_uploaded for most recent
• http://goleft.tv/
• Guitar Radio: listen to electric and acoustic guitar playlists updated daily from guitarnine.com

International Webcasting Association

Software Waveform Monitoring

• Tektronix SW Waveform Monitor for Avid Video Editing (NLE): WFMNLE includes traditional hardware waveforms, vectorscope, arrowhead, diamond, alarms, error logging, etc. for ensuring your video is valid for broadcast in NTSC, PAL and even RGB streaming video formats, compliant with national and international standards. Predicts digital and analog video levels when rendered according to various standards.

Measuring HDTV (High Definition) and PC Analog Video

• Tektronix VM5000HD Automated Video Measurement Set for HDTV, DVD & PC graphics
• Glossary of Video Terms And Acronyms, Part I: 1-Eye Tracking
• Glossary of Video Terms And Acronyms, Part II: Fade-Nyquist Sampling Theorem
• Glossary of Video Terms And Acronyms, Part III: QAM-Zoom

Broadcast

• TV, CATV & FM Channel Frequencies

Business Activity

• Broadcast Engineering (www.broadcastengineering.com)
• Internet Video Magazine
• Broken Remote : "An Online Resource for Interactive TV & Consumer Electronics, Video On Demand (VOD), & Broadband Internet Entertainment Convergence"
• $8.2 (2000) Billion Web advertisement revenues more immune from slowdown: 7.8 % down compared to 14.7% for TV, 22.4% radio, 10.4% Sunday Newspapers
• Study: Online Advertising to See Growth in 2002, Unlike Most Media
• Study: Online Ad Sales To Pass TV Ads by 2005
• Net Ad Revenues Remain Robust
• U.K. Advertisers to Increase Web Spending
• Studies: Asia, U.K. Internet Ad Revenues to Rebound After 2001 Decline
• PC video hardware page which includes interfaces, displays, record/playback, grabbers, etc.

Internet Streaming Media Ratings

• Netratings
• Measurecast (Portland, OR), currently mainly web radio...

Internet Usage

• World Internet Usage Statistics : Main page is summary with links to over 240 countries
• Internet Bandwidth Trends: http://www.websiteoptimization.com/bw/0402/: change the 0402 to current date (0402 = Feb, 2004)

Communications, Regulations, Ownership, Public Use, Restrictions, Industry Associations, Etc.

• Center for Digital Democracy
• Webcasters.org: The International Webcasting Association (IWA)
• Personal Telco Project (Portland, Oregon based "free" community wireless network)
• freenetworks.org
• dslreports.com: Reports of Broadband (DSL/ADSL, Cable) Provider Service Reviews
• List of ADSL and other commercial internet connectivity providers in USA

Music From Around The World

• World Music links sorted by geographic location.
• Guitar Radio: listen to electric and acoustic guitar playlists updated daily from guitarnine.com

Radio From Around The World

• Shortwave Radio Broadcasts Live on Internet (sorted by country).
• Guitar Radio: listen to electric and acoustic guitar playlists updated daily from guitarnine.com
• KBOO FM

Language Translation

• Spanish to English Dictionary.
• English to Spanish Dictionary.
• German to/from English Dictionary.
• Bulgarian to English Dictionary. (See Russify Everything for setting up for Cyrillic, Cyrillic coding types for a test of your browser's Cyrillic encoding/translator and Cyrillic Script {Russian} for example hand written script .)
• Croatian/Serbian to English Dictionary.
• A large list of language to language dictionaries on line.
• A large list of language to language dictionaries on line.
• A World Language Resources sells products for writing in other languages and other alphabets, etc.