OT: Your video on national satellite for $20

Coursedesign wrote on 7/26/2005, 3:47 PM
UonTV, a San Diego-based start-up, has announced a new microcasting satellite TV service that enables anyone to digitally broadcast TV programs across North America for as little as $20 per half hour.

(From Strategic Content Management)

Pretty cool for many different types of national groups, and can't beat the price.

Edit: fixed URL.

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B.Verlik wrote on 7/26/2005, 9:00 PM
Either your link doesn't work or it's been disabled.
Still, I have had Satellite TV since about 1 year after I first heard of DISH Satellite and I've never heard of this service.
$20. for a showing at late night probably means absolutely nobody will be watching. But they'll probably sucker a bunch of us into spending the money anyway. Well .....not me. For a couple of hundred bucks, I could probably get on late night DISH and still have nobody watch.
Just who did they say were the people aiming satellite dishes at this satellite, besides the owner and employees of this company?
Spot|DSE wrote on 7/26/2005, 9:40 PM
It's not just late night showing. Problem is, it requires special equipment to view, so expecting any "normal" audience to see it isn't terribly realistic. But what is sweet, is for a low price a world wide group in a corporate or educational environment CAN see it, and the price is definitely right. You block time out, so if you wanted to buy say....10 "episodes" or 30 minute blocks of 1 night a week for 10 weeks, you can do so.
Coursedesign wrote on 7/26/2005, 9:48 PM
I fixed the link above, sorry.

From their FAQ:

How many people are watching FTA (Free-To-Air)?

Probably more rural viewers and those interested in specialty programming.

For fame and fortune, DirectTV and Dish may be the ticket. This is for very inexpensive broadcast to primarily your own group, which could be a training conducted nationwide where you have your own local facilitators providing small venues with a Ku-band dish on the roof.
kkolbo wrote on 7/27/2005, 12:43 PM
The key to this service is that can get an antenna and receiver pointed at the correct sat for about $200. A motorized unit for other sats runs about $400 with a receiver. No it is not a type that is in every household.

The folks who have it are looking for something in particular or are just sat junkies. The better part is that it also broadcasts across the internet at the same time, so you can tell folks without the antenna that they can watch it.

At the moment it is good for two things. One is a vanity channel. That is like vanity publishers who will print and bind your book as long as you buy all of the copies. You can put what ever you want out there and someone might watch it. Actually it might be surprizing how many folks start checking it just to see what strange stuff starts to show. Religious programs are already starting.

Second, point to point broadcast. A forum member suggested that we do a statewide school TV Production network for the schools. Lets go a step farther. You are a business that wants to send a weekly update to your offices across the county. For $200 a store you can have an antenna and receiver. Then you just buy the slot. Buy a $20 late night spot and have the offices record it to show in the morning. As long as it is not confidential info, it could be useful.

I have no idea if it will survive. I wish them luck for the moment. It is probably cheaper than internet broadcasting and it gives everyone one more outlet. Microcasting is a real concept and a great part of our growing media culture. Family videos will be everywhere! Hey there is a good use for it. Sleeping aid.