FOX IS BETA TESTING FOR LIVE 24/7 STREAMS

[RadioFanBoy]

And Pheonix's Fox 10 is the one of the first test stations.

http://mfile.akamai.com/25246/live/reflector:23734.asx

I think the plan is to be able to access news and other live events, and most if not all the FOX Prime Time shows via cell phones and such. I doubt things like the NFL games will be avalible once the testing is done so enjoy now.

 

[halloaaryn]

thanks for the heads up.. but its spelled PhOEnix

 

[obi-one]

I think the plan is to be able to access news and other live events, and most if not all the FOX Prime Time shows via cell phones and such. I doubt things like the NFL games will be avalible once the testing is done so enjoy now.

first,

No one but the NFL is allowed to show highlights of their games via the web. Not ESPN, FOXsports, no one.

second,

99.9% of professional sports teams license their material, meaning you pay to play! The web however is different, and it's illegal to stream any licensened material, without expressed written consent...blah, blah, blah

third...

FOX Television and FOX Broadcasting are working together to try and provide viewers access to past episodes of their favorite shows.
http://streaming.myfoxphoenix.com/

However, at no time will you see live streaming of 24, or the O.C., etc.

some of those shows are produced by CBS, etc...meaning we don't have the rights to stream those shows.

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We can't even stream our newscast until we can eliminate the streaming of the commercials.
So as of right now, the only thing you'll see on http://media.myfoxphoenix.com/live/index.html

is traffic cams!


Hope this helps...

-George Obi
Web Producer
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com

 

[azumanga]

And number four -- if it does go live 24/7, it will still be under the scrutiny of the FCC, meaning that Fox would have to have safeguards put into place to keep viewers outside the Phoenix market from watching. Awhile back, Raleigh station WRAL-TV experimented with 24/7 web simulcasts of their live feed, but they had to use special technology to discern the "locals" from the "foreigners".

 

[KeithE4]

And number four -- if it does go live 24/7, it will still be under the scrutiny of the FCC, meaning that Fox would have to have safeguards put into place to keep viewers outside the Phoenix market from watching. Awhile back, Raleigh station WRAL-TV experimented with 24/7 web simulcasts of their live feed, but they had to use special technology to discern the "locals" from the "foreigners".

I can understand doing that for Fox network shows, but why would they need to do that for locally-produced shows? Stations stream their newscasts all the time.

 

[obi-one]

And number four -- if it does go live 24/7, it will still be under the scrutiny of the FCC, meaning that Fox would have to have safeguards put into place to keep viewers outside the Phoenix market from watching. Awhile back, Raleigh station WRAL-TV experimented with 24/7 web simulcasts of their live feed, but they had to use special technology to discern the "locals" from the "foreigners".

I can understand doing that for Fox network shows, but why would they need to do that for locally-produced shows? Stations stream their newscasts all the time.

heres the thing...
The FCC is only concerned with public airwaves, not the World Wide Web or any licensed material.


Most, if not all advertisers who pay for broadcast commercials, do so with the notion that it's for broadcasting on-air, not the station website. If/when they start paying for it, then we'll see.

In radio, we had technology that would stream the off-air/secondary signal, with promos in between.
The "special technology" for t.v. is expensive.


So, for every hour newscast...

you'd only be able to stream about 35 minutes of material (minus commericals, sports, and any story with movie clips or other copyrighted material 35 minutes is not all that much! No American Idol highlights either!

I think thats where the confusion is. You can't stream anything with movie clips, sporting events, music videos, etc...without written permision from the provider, not the FCC!




FOX 10 can stream FOX 10 content, like Newsmaker Sunday with John Hook. But I doubt anyone is getting up at 7:30am on a Sunday to watch the show live via the web (but I'll check my numbers again just to make sure)

Again, any network shows...Judge so-and-so's show...Mr Connie Chung's show...cannot be streamed because it's their material. The FCC is not involved.



We will begin using the feed for things like a shuttle launch, news conferences, breaking news, or perhaps a looped news segment with updates every hour?

who knows
but I hope this helps clear things up


-George Obi
Web Producer
www.myfoxphoenix.com

 

[azumanga]

You can't stream anything with movie clips, sporting events, music videos, etc...without written permision from the provider, not the FCC!

What I was trying to say was in reference to the channel itself, not the content on that channel. The FCC does have laws in place where satellite viewers can only watch their home-market signal, and recently, Dish Network was forced to withdraw New York and LA locals from national availability because of this law. And even on cable, the FCC gives local channels free rein on whether or not to allow neighboring market channels on their systems.

Where the internet was concerned, I was uncertain in regards to whether or not the FCC regulates the stations themselves being available on the internet; I was not taking the content themselves into account (which is indeed up to the content providers to decide). In that case, the only way local newscasts could be available is to allow a daily "digest" type of newscast, featuring only local news stories, plus other content cleared for the internet. The way the internet controls are going, there's no way you can see a live newscast on the internet anymore.

 

[obi-one]

then that was my fault.

all of this pales in comparison to "Slingbox" though...

I'm interested to see which network/media conglomerate steps up first to challenge the use.
A waste of time I'm sure, but I think it falls between the cracks when it comes to digital media being accessed via the web.

Granted you pay for the programming, you should be able to watch it where you want, when you want. But who has one?