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Broadcasting anywhere, everywhere

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Broadcasting anywhere, everywhere
: Getaloada this TV-station-in-a-box from Sony:

Now Sony is coming out with Anycast, a switcher, audio mixer, camera controller and character generator in a single briefcase. It also has an on-board Real video encoder to send out a live stream. Costs $20,000, weighs 15 lbs, available in August.

This will go the way of a Kaypro: Just as I now have the power and connectivity of a computer in my phone, so will this shrink down to a size that lets any of us broadcast anything anywhere anytime. All the world’s a sound stage.

2 responses to “Broadcasting anywhere, everywhere”

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    Buzz

    Woo hoo !!! Well, you knew I was going to give it a positive response, given my past posts here. Jeff, you’re probably right, it will not be a successful product. It is still fun for me to imagine citizen broadcasters exercising real free speech and forcing Disney and Viacom off the air.

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    bob

    I’d love to have one of those things in my garage – sitting next to my Kaypro.
    Great idea Jeff!