Neokast

"The $7 TV Network: Neokast brings multicasting to the masses."

So Bob Cringely from PBS is promoting this new technology called Neokast. This strikes me as the best idea for transposing the idea of TV to the Internet. That is, broadcasting the same signal to thousands or millions of viewers at the same time. Viewers parrticipate in some peer-to-peer action that helps push the signal along to others. That way there isn't a big load on network by the broadcaster, and it also helps get around any other network problems around the internet. The $7 refers to how much network access would cost per month to run a video service with the Neokast technology. OK, so I don't really understand how it works, but if it does what they say it will do for free, then this is something to watch out for.

Whether TV on their computer is what people really want is another question. After all, the reason why YouTube is taking off is because it is not centrally controlled video, but directed by social networking. And YouTube is also on-demand. On the other hand, this could be a route to real a la carte TV programming, which the cable/satellite companies are terrified of. That is, I only pay for the TV channels I want to watch. Seems like Neokast could be a really disruptive technology.