Satellite TV over Broadband

Villain

Guys I have a mate who works in a company that wants to show Bloomberg or Sky News on a plasma in reception but they can't install a dish or get NTL or any type of cable into the building so there only connection is Broadband.

Now I remember reading about Sky over broadband but I can't find any details, is it available here and how does it work.

Also there any other alternative over broadband?

I know PC world have some type of device that can stream your home TV over the net anyone got any experience of such a product?

Cheers

RangeR

irish1 wrote:

Guys I have a mate who works in a company that wants to show Bloomberg or Sky News on a plasma in reception but they can't install a dish or get NTL or any type of cable into the building so there only connection is Broadband.

Now I remember reading about Sky over broadband but I can't find any details, is it available here and how does it work.

Also there any other alternative over broadband?

I know PC world have some type of device that can stream your home TV over the net anyone got any experience of such a product?

Cheers

This company will get into a whirlwind of trouble if they did that, if this is true. I can forsee padlocks coming to this thread.

If they were desparate to show TV in reception, they could just show one of our 4 glorious "over the air" channels. Other than that, just fork out for a dish. Not sure if Bloomberg is FTA, pretty sure Sky News is, so no need for a subscription.

Villain

Sorry I'm not asking for any illegal way to do this, I'm looking for payable legal options. So how could they get in trouble?????????

If you read my post you would see I said they CAN'T install a dish or get NTL etc, the only connection available is broadband.

fdevine

Got this link in an email yesterday.

AFAIK fully legal, streaming 24 hour news in English

http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/news/world

Krusty_Clown

Typically, streamed tv will not look great, particularly on a large plasma screen.. It will likely be blocky, pixelated, and suffer buffering problems..

You can get feeds from the likes of Reuters, which are free, or go for one of their subscription packages. Have a look here: http://today.reuters.com/tv/

Lots of TV channels stream (legally) you just need to find them. Google for something like 'channel chooser' and just make sure that you are watching content that is broadcasted legally.

RangeR

irish1 wrote:

Sorry I'm not asking for any illegal way to do this, I'm looking for payable legal options. So how could they get in trouble?????????

If you read my post you would see I said they CAN'T install a dish or get NTL etc, the only connection available is broadband.

My apologies. I'll cast away my suspicions.

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Sky do have a product called Sky By Broadband but it's only available for Sky Movies and Sky Sports, if you subscribe to them and only available to the subscriber or family in that persons house [as far as I know]. Definately not available to be used by another entity [company]. There is no other legal option.

Sky charge business users more than residential users [not sure on the price] as it is generally for public display [pubs / clubs / reception areas etc].

I don't see many options for you as you would need a business account with them and a dish.

If RTE 1/2/3/4 is enough, you could just put an ariel in the attic / roof. Doesn't have to be big. Rabbits ears should do if it's high enough. You could then have a wireless video sender. One end attached to the areial, the other attached to the TV [obviously TV license required].

Sorry I can't be of more help.

Villain

I understand what your saying IrishTLR, however Sky News would probably do and that is FTA so I don't think you need to pay sky to watch that anywhere including a business??

Has anyone used Sling Media: http://uk.slingmedia.com/page/slingbox.html

RangeR

irish1 wrote:

I understand what your saying IrishTLR, however Sky News would probably do and that is FTA so I don't think you need to pay sky to watch that anywhere including a business??

Has anyone used Sling Media: http://uk.slingmedia.com/page/slingbox.html

I agree but getting Sky News will be a problem without some dish or NTL like service.

Slingbox is pretty cool. I've never used it but I hear it can stream video over broadband. So, seeing as Sky News is FTA, legality should not be an issue.

One of the only things you have to be aware of is exceeding your cap. You wouldn't want your Sky News cutting out when you hit your ISP limit

Also bear in mind the phyisical limits of broadband. On the "sending" side, you are limited by your upload speed. To be of any use, you would need an upload speed of somewhere between 300Kbps to 500Kbps to get anywhere near none pixelated quality. The receiving end can be as fast as you want but it wil be limited to the speed at which you can send the video stream.

On the sender side, internet may become unusable if the video feed is taking up that bandwidth, i.e. You're download speed will significantly drop.

If you had IBB on the sender side [and good service], you're laughing.

But the theory is sound

watty

Sky channels specifically forbid viewing outside your own premises in T&C.

You need 1Mbps re-encoded as MPG4 upload for a large Plasma, minimum.

Sky by Broadband is a P2P peered download service for specific programs. It is not realtime viewing. Sky use your connection for other peoples downloads, so I woun't touch it. Why should I give away MY bandwidth to Sky because they won't buy enough BW for their servers.

You can't even find a South East facing window? A dish will work via closed window.

It can be done via PPTP over Broadband if you can get 1Mbps upload and no cap at either end. You need a remote site with PC with Dish & Sat PCI card. Bloomberg is FTA on 19E or 13E I think.

You must not put Sky or Bloomberg on a publically accessible stream.

Tony

Contact Data Electronics in Dublin who handle bloombergs business here and they should be able to organise a stram for you.

tippguy2

www.channelchooser.com carries bbc news 24 i think