The Archives
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03.12.08Very nice concert images available for freeThe people working on concerts and music at the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation just decided to put a lot of their images online on Flickr with a creative commons license. Some very nice images for non commercial use over there. Continue Reading...
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02.29.08Thoughts on BitTorrent distribution for a public broadcasterA while after we did our successful experiment with BitTorrent distribution for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation I was interviewed by the German news web site www.tagesschau.de The article is in German, but my original conversation with Mr. Wulf Rohwedder is in english. Because it reveals some of my thoughts about this project I decided to share it here: - Peer to peer networks have a bit of an ambigious reputation, especially due to the use for pirated footage and othe rillegal content. Has there been any reservations or resistance against the project? - Less resistance than the project initially feared. But we thought ...
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01.29.08Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) makes popular series available DRM-free via BitTorrentI know many of you are still waiting for some conclusions after my recent visit to DLD in Munich. But I've been busy making stuff available on BitTorrent: As one of many ways to reach people with our content we have decided to do an experiment and make one of our most popular television series available through BitTorrent.This technology makes it possible for us to make our content available in a very high quality without having to invest in large server farms and expensive bandwidth. The very popular series called “Nordkalotten 365" has been aired on traditional TV in Norway. Over 900 ...