DTV – Open Source Web TV

Last Tuesday online TV took a step forward as the beta version of DTV was released for Mac OSX. DTV is an application that allows users to collect and distribute video online. Created by the Participatory Culture Foundation, DTV could be the platform to take video blogs into the mainstream in much the same way as iTunes has done for the podcast.

‘There’s a world of amazing independent video out there and now there’s
an easy way to watch it. DTV is bringing internet TV to the fullscreen
– lean back and enjoy. Browse the built-in channel guide, subscribe to
channels, videos download in the background, and DTV notifies you when
they’re ready to watch. Open-source and open standards means everyone
can watch and everyone can create.’

Open source programming on open source internet TV with open source ads could be very interesting.