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marsden_online) wrote2009-09-02 01:16 pm
marsden_online) wrote2009-09-02 01:16 pm
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Ziln - NZ web TV network
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10593424 (article from last week sometime)
This caught my attention because TelstraClear doesn't meter visits by it's customer to the streaming videos on it's clearnet.co.nz site (which would be great, if I was interested in recycled sports from TV3/Sky, or video game previews - the only types of updated content they have there). If they did the same for this internet TV channel I'd be able to afford the bandwidth to watch it.
Alas the TV has it's own tab on the menu, and not an 'Unmetered' icon in sight. So until data becomes more affordable for me (one way or the other) - still won't be watching.
(The $70 a month I pay for Telstra Cable TV would cover an extra 20Gb, by the time I factor in losing the discount for having Phone/Net/TV package. I'm not convinced that would be enough having seen just how fast regular YouTube type video can chew through data and mentally upscaling that to a decent resolution/HD).
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Ziln, the brainchild of two local technology companies specialising in online broadcasting - e-cast and NetsideTV - is starting today with a lineup of seven New Zealand channels playing scheduled and "video on demand" programming, plus 14 international news and business channels streaming live.
TelstraClear, the country's second largest telecommunications company, is backing the venture, which it will promote through its Clearnet customer website.
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This caught my attention because TelstraClear doesn't meter visits by it's customer to the streaming videos on it's clearnet.co.nz site (which would be great, if I was interested in recycled sports from TV3/Sky, or video game previews - the only types of updated content they have there). If they did the same for this internet TV channel I'd be able to afford the bandwidth to watch it.
Alas the TV has it's own tab on the menu, and not an 'Unmetered' icon in sight. So until data becomes more affordable for me (one way or the other) - still won't be watching.
(The $70 a month I pay for Telstra Cable TV would cover an extra 20Gb, by the time I factor in losing the discount for having Phone/Net/TV package. I'm not convinced that would be enough having seen just how fast regular YouTube type video can chew through data and mentally upscaling that to a decent resolution/HD).