P2P Tv and Tv 2.0

PPLive
Originally uploaded by Inaki.

Wired had last month a few articles on what they call Tv 2.0. Well it is already happening. For many years living abroad, I have been asking around, why I can not watch my homecountry's channels here. There are obvious reasons mostly related to copyright laws and the geographical restrictions that the studios impose. However there have been always some channels operating in the grey area and broadcasting over the internet such as Telemadrid. Now witht he P2P technology everyone can be a broadcaster, just check the Chinese PPLive. The best is that the more people watch the better the speed and quality (or so they told me). What is next? Well IP Tv with dedicated content such as the so much announced mobile Tv of course, though it will fill a small gap within the user's needs. To me the next thing to come is RSS Tv programs. I guess the EPG could be something like that, but what happens when you can have access to any program or content from all over the world? Well the Internet is close to that isn't it? In the meantime some players such as JumpTv are agregating content and channels and who knows maybe soon they will compete with satellite and cable, and finally I will get to watch Madrid-Barcelona in Finland.