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.

Live Video Links

• CNN LIVE STREAM : http://www.cnn.com/video/live/live.html?stream=stream1
• BLOOMBERG TV LIVE STREAM : http://media2.bloomberg.com/btv_us200.asf

• 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

  Not Live: but many recent uploads

• http://youtube.com
• http://goleft.tv/

Real (See below for Window Media)

English Language

News

• BBC News: Latest Headlines (UK, Live, English)
• Bloomberg (Real Player, 50K, English)
• Bloomberg (Real Player, 140K, English)
• Bloomberg UK (Real Player, English)
• KCMO, Kansas City, USA, 220K (News) (English)
• TV (ch?) Ireland 225K (News ) (English)

  Misc.

• Telearuba, Aruba, 225K (English & Spanish, ...)
• CSPAN
  • CSPAN Direct, USA, (English) or, as an alternate, CSPAN via c-span.org page, USA, (English)
  • CSPAN2 Direct, USA, (English) or, as an alternate, CSPAN2 via c-span.org page, USA, (English)
  • CSPAN3 Direct, USA, (English) or, as an alternate, CSPAN3 via c-span.org page, USA, (English)
• MNN (Manhattan Neighborhood Network)
  • MNN (Manhattan Neighborhood Network) Chan 34, USA, 80K (English) , or Click here for alternative link
  • MNN (Manhattan Neighborhood Network) Chan 56, USA, 80K (English) , or Click here for alternative link
  • MNN (Manhattan Neighborhood Network) Chan 57, USA, 80K (English) , or Click here for alternative link
• Video Music Network, USA 45K (Music clips, SONY label) (English)
• NASA TV
  • NASA TV, USA, 45K (English)
  • NASA TV 2, USA, 45K (English)
  • UATV Broadcasting from Anchorage: Nasa TV, etc.
• Portland Cable Access, 100K, Portland, Oregon (English)
• LIVE DJ, 100K, San Francisco (Dance Music) (English)
• Pennsylvania Cable Network, 225K, Pennsylvania (English)
• TVW, 140K, Washington (Public policy) (English)
• University of Michigan Television, 450K, Michigan (Misc.) (English)
• VSU-TV, 150K, Georgia (University) (English)
• RNN-TV, NY, USA 45K (Infomercials) (English)
• TVW (Public TV), Seattle, USA, (English)
• Michigan House Of Representatives (225K, English)
• Community Access (CATS) Bloomington, Indiana (80K)
• KCCG 220K, Kansas, USA, (Kansas City Govmnt.) (English)
• NETTV, Ireland, 45K Irelands (Internet TV) (English)
• XFM, Ireland, 45K (English)
• BBC UK Parliment: (UK, Live, English)
• Comcast Cable TV - Philadelphia, USA, 150K (English)
• Guitar Radio: listen to electric and acoustic guitar playlists updated daily from guitarnine.com

  Misc. European Languages

• DW (Dwelle), Germany (English, Spanish, Other?)

  Spanish Language

• Galicia, Spain, 45K (General) (Spanish)
• Gamavision, 45K, Ecuador (General) (Spanish)
• Telerama, 45K, Ecuador (General) (Spanish)
• Canal 13, Santiago, Chile (General) (Spanish)
• Expansion Financera 125K, (Financial News) (Spanish)
• Telearuba, Aruba, 225K (Spanish, English, ...)
• DW (Dwelle), Germany (English, Spanish, Other?)
• RTVA, Andorra (General TV Station: Spanish, other)

  Spanish Radio

  Spanish News Radio

• Radio El Dia Spanish Talk Radio From Spain

  Spanish Music Radio

• Batanga.com Station 9: Salsa
• Batanga.com Station 5: Tropical (Merengue/Salsa/Etc.)
• Batanga.com Station 11: Merengue
• Batanga.com Station 13: Jazz
• Batanga.com Station 15: Cubanisimo
• Batanga.com Station 18: Flamenco
• Batanga.com Station 17: Tango
• Batanga.com Station 12: Dance Remix
• Batanga.com Station 8: Alternative Rock
• Batanga.com Station 3: Classic Rock
• Batanga.com Station 2: Hiphop/Reggae
• Batanga.com Station 20: Zonica
• Batanga.com Station 4: Pop
• Batanga.com Station 14: Boleros
• Batanga.com Station 19: Bachata
• Batanga.com Station 16: Norteno/Banda/Corridos
• Batanga.com Station 6: Mariachi/Tejano/Cumbia
• Batanga.com Station 7: Baladas
• Batanga.com Station 10: Top Hits

  Italian Language

• Telesirio, 35K Italy (General) (Italian)

  Romanian Language

• Antena 1, Romania, 45K (Romanian)

  Slavic Languages

  Bosnia & Herz.

• RTCG - RTMK Satelitski Televizija, TV Domovina, 45K (Bosnian)

  Croatian

• HRT 1, Croatia, 45K, (General local) (Croatian)

  Serbian

• TV Montenegro (Serbian)

  Slovenian

• RTV, Slovenia, 237K (Slovenian)

  Macedonian (Radio only)

• Radio Ros Live, Skopje, Macedonia (Hi-Fi Music in Macedonian Folk Style) (http://www.comfm.com/php/radio/live.php?id=7209)
• Makedonsko Radio, Skopje, Macedonia (Low BW) (http://www.mr.com.mk/mr.ram)
• Makedonsko Radio, Skopje, Macedonia (Low BW) (http://www.comfm.com/php/radio/live.php?id=17811)
• Macedonian Radio, Skopje, Macedonia (Low BW)
• Radio Buba Mara, Skopje, Macedonia (Low BW) (http://www.comfm.com/php/radio/live.php?id=7201)

  Macedonian (News and Links (Makedonski Jazik)

• www.makedonija.com

  Bulgarian (Radio Only)

• Alpha Radio, Varna (techno-ish)
• MM TV, Bulgaria (Music: Bulgarian & other)

  German Language

• TW1, Vienna, Austria, General (German)

  Indian (SW Asian) Languages

• Pakistan TV: PTV 2 Live (Urdu)

  Radio Only

• Pakistan radio
• India: Apna radio: Phagwara India: "First Internet Radio Station Indian, Pakistani , Punjabi, Bhangra and Hindi Music On Air!!!"
• Tamil FM India: Thenisai broadcasts non-stop tamil hit songs in five different c hannels. (ilayaraja, oldies, rahman, tamilfm, devotional) http://www.thenisai.com/thenisai.pls
• Tamil FM Ar Rahman Channel India Thenisai broadcasts non-stop tamil hit songs in five different channels. (ilayaraja, oldies, rahman, tamilfm, devotional) http://www.thenisai.com/rahman.pls

  Turkish Language

• Bayrak, Cyprus, 45K ("Turkish oriented") (17:00-24:00 & 07:00-09:00 Local Time)

  Arabic Language

• Tunisain Television, Tunis, Tunisia, Live (Arabic)
• LJBC, Libya, 45 (Arabic?)
• PSCTV, Palestine/Palestinia 45K (Arabic)
• SAT TV, Saudi Arabia (Arabic)
• Syria TV, Syria, 45K (Arabic?)

  Japanese Language

• RCC, Japan, 45K (Japanese)
• Mount Fuji, Japan, 45K (9/16/2002: just TV camera in Shizuoka)

  Chinese Language

• Voice of hope, China (Chinese)
• NJTV 1, China (Chinese)
• CCTV-6, China (Chinese) (rtsp://61.139.60.82:554/encoder/2002.rm)

  Kurdish Language

• Medya TV, 45K, ?France? (Kurdish)

  Georgian Language

• IBERIPAC, 45K, Gerogia (Georgian)

  Balinese Language

• Bali TV , 35K, Bali (Bali Specific) (Balinese)

  Misc., Multilingual or Unclassified Language

• PTV, Pakistan, Various & News 45K (English, Other)

• DDS 2, Amsterdam, Netherlands (French, Macedonian, other?)

• CYBC News, Cyprus, 45K

• TV3, Estonia, 418K (General) (Estonian)

• NetGuruIndia, India, 45K, (Tamil, Hindi, Gujarati, etc.)
• Doordarshan, India, 45K, Transmitting from 6:00AM to 12:00 PM Local time

• Ang Dating Daan 2, Manila, Philippines, 45K (Philippino?)

• TV4, Sweden, 330K (Swedish)

• Channel 11, Thailand, 80K (Public Relation Department) (Thai)

• TV 7, Tunisia, 45K (?)

Windows Media

English

• Bloomberg TV, Live (English) , 24 hr. Financial News
• Pulse24 TV, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, (News & Talk) (English) @
  • Cable Pulse 24, Canada (56K) (English) (mms://livestream.chumtv.com/cp24v56)
  • Alternative URL for 56K or
  • 250K
• Kulak's Woodshed (500k) has live streams of live and previously recorded acoustic music. (English)
• Mania TV(270k) Pop culture, short films, talk shows (Dish, Morning Show, etc.) and music video programming. (English)
• Soulbeat TV African-American TV from Oakland, Calif since 1978
• KCTU, Wichita, Kansas (English) or, the alternative via WWITV.COM: KCTU, Wichita, Kansas (with about 1 minute delay relative to direct) (English)
• Strawberry TV TV From the Deep South (Louisiana) (English)
• WCTV-48 Chesapeake, Virginia variety of programming of news, public interest, etc.. (English)
• WHOH Live from NY (English)
• The research channel of the University of Washington (English) 230K or 1300K
• TVU Music videos (English)
• NASA, (English) @
  • 98K (Shuttle Launches, science programs, etc.)
  • 310K (Shuttle Launches, science programs, etc.)
  • 56kbps, alternate channel ,
  • 100kbps, alternate channel , or
  • 300kbps
• The Basement (Broadband 250K), Music Video (MTV'ish), Australia (English)
• The Basement (Narrowband 45K), Music Video (MTV'ish), Australia (English)
• New Delhi TV, Bombay, India, (News) (English)
• Northwest Cable News, (Seattle) (English)
• CTV News, Canada, 49K (English)

  Spanish

• Onda Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, 200K, Spain (Spanish)
• Onda Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, 100K, Spain (Spanish)
• Bloomberg TV 45K Spain (Spanish)
• Canal 9 Argentina, 100K (Spanish)
• Canal 9 Argentina, 56K (Spanish)
• UOL News, Argentina (Spanish)

  Portuguese

• NBR (State TV from Brazilia, Brazil), (Portuguese)
• AllTV, Brazil, 100K (Portuguese)
• Bloomberg TV, Financial News, Brazil, 45K (Portuguese)
• Canal 21, Movies & News, Brazil, 150K (Portuguese)

  Italian

• Bloomberg TV, Vatican, Italy (Italian)
• Telenorba 70K 300K Italian TV station.

Other Links To Live Video Broadcasts

• COMFM - Live TV, Radio, Etc.
• WWI TV Links to webcasts from TV around the world
• Broadcast-live.com: Links to webcasts from TV around the world
• jumptv.com
• http://www.internettvlist.com
• Links to Macedonian Radio & other
• List of radio stations of the world, by country
• WindowsMedia.com Media Guide
• Real

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

Windows Media

• List of medical reports (both Windows Media and Real).
• Alaska clip

Real

• Guitar Radio: listen to electric and acoustic guitar playlists updated daily from guitarnine.com
• BBC 1, London, UK (News) (English)
• BBC 24, London, UK (News) (English)
• CBC TV Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• ABC News, Sydney, Australia
• A1, Evening News, Macedonia, 45K (Macedonian)
• rtsp://212.110.95.32/telma/vesti.rm, TV TELMA, Daily News, Macedonia, 35k (Macedonian)
• Recorded news, Macedonian, audio only (mostly hi-fidelity)
• Pre-recorded (audio only) news, Macedonian, (via "Real audio vesti" link) (Example: http://www.soros.org.mk/kanal77/real/24.9.2002.ram)
• Pre-recorded news from Ohrid
• TVC, Russia, Moscow (News), (Russian)
• BKTV (NEWS) Belgrade, Serbia (Serbian)
• List of medical reports (both Windows Media and Real).
• Nepal (Prerecorded news of the week)

• BBC Cardiff, Wales, UK (News) (Welsh)

  Czech

• Ceska/Czech TV, Prague, Czech Republic (Czech)

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

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.