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June 29, 2005

Systm: The New Wave of Internet Television

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Systm is an innovator in a relatively untapped new entertainment field. It’s a concept that has floated around the internet for a while but only until recently has it been able to reach its true potential. We’re talking about the world of internet television where you can create your very own independent television programming. It’s becoming clear to see that broadband connections are increasing amongst households and the speeds of cable/dsl are increasing slightly each year.

Systm is one of the very few that have decided to create brand new television content for the internet. What we mean by all of this is that this show will be exclusively on the internet. This show won’t be offered through any standard or digital television channel and will only be distributed through the internet. Without the need for any traditional television stations to carry the content means that Systm won’t require the need to look for advertisers and each episode will be commercial free. Kevin Rose created the idea probably not too long after the demise of TechTv.

Kevin recently left G4 television once it became almost exclusively about video games.The G4 network merged with TechTv after Comcast bought TechTv only to dismantle it and later fire 90% of the staff and rename it officially G4 TV again.Kevin stayed on for a while but with no real technology information for him to discuss on the network anymore he realized it was time to leave and start up his own television program exclusively for the internet. Systm is a computer technology show for tech. geeks. Each episode features host Kevin Rose and his sidekick David Huard showcasing home made tech. gadgets that can be used as alternatives to commercially made products and can help you beat the system (no pun intended).

Every episode is produced with the help of former Tech Tv people who along side Kevin make the show possible. Each episode is filmed with high-end camcorders with the use of cut-scenes to help give it that special Hollywood production feel. The episodes are then loaded on to various servers worldwide and then distributed through bittorent on their website. It’s then up to the individual computer user to stop by their website and click on the link to download whichever episode that they want and within 15-30 minutes they can watch the episode from their own computer.

Kevin Rose and company also make distribution available for various different media outlets by converting each episode into several different file formats. Each episode can be viewed in xvid,wmv,quicktime,t heora and can even be viewed on the recently launched psp video game system. Hopefully others will look at Systm’s start up success and realize that there is a market for this sort of new wave of television to become successful and gain media exposure for one’s self. I applaud Kevin’s venture into this new marketplace and hope to see other people follow suit and create some brand new television content for the masses on the internet.

You can download episodes of Kevin and Dan’s new show Systm right now at their website, http://www.systm.org

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