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  Television on the Internet. Information on the potential use of television on the internet and the real uses of the internet by broadcasters today...    

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Television on the Internet. Information on the potential use of television on the internet and the real uses of the internet by broadcasters today...

 

Television on the Internet

Television began as "radio with pictures." That same process is already happening with Internet. It was only a few years ago that the World Wide Web of the Internet discovered it could be just like another familiar media format - the magazine.

Television on the Internet, realplayer

So the question might be, "Will the Internet continue its march from a magazine with still pictures approach to full audio and video broadcasting?" Or more practical, "How will broadcasters really use the Internet.

That is the question that television stations, networks, cable programmers and others have been asking for several years. Those companies formerly involved in the traditional broadcasting of entertainment and information are looking closely at the Internet as a way to expand their audiences and reinforce existing audiences.

Real Uses of the Internet by Broadcasters Today

Why Not "Broadcast" Over the Internet? If stations could "broadcast" their entire schedule over the Internet, if they could deliver FM-like audio and TV-like video to a large audience, and if there was potential advertising gain, they would be doing it today.

But because that is not yet a reality, most of the Internet production effort by radio and television broadcasters has been channeled into the so-called supplemental uses, the primary one being promotion of the station.

Promotion is often the most important activity of a broadcaster. In all but the smallest media market, competition demands that stations promote themselves, their programming, their on-air talent and their advertisers.