Internet TV and Satellite Radio Come Together With Wi-Fi TV InterSat

Wi-Fi TV Inc., which streamed the first full-length movie on the Internet in 1995 and, in 2005, became a pioneer in Internet TV, announced it is offering global TV stations, radio stations, and content producers a new distribution platform. The Wi-Fi TV distribution platform is called InterSat because it utilizes both satellite and Internet delivery technologies in tandem to offer a global delivery platform compatible and accessible to the widest possible number of TV stations, radio stations and content producers. Wi-Fi TV InterSat, like satellite radio, offers stations the opportunity to reach a large geographic audience and to do so without the licensing associated with traditional TV and radio. Wi-Fi TV InterSat delivery also offers a number of interactive features not possible with traditional TV and radio. The Wi-Fi TV InterSat system was successfully implemented by Wi-Fi TV in a Beta format for two live events: New Year’s Eve from Times Square and the Tarver-Jones 3 pre-fight weigh in. In each case, live coverage from cameras on the scene were uploaded to a satellite, retrieved from the satellite at the location of Wi-Fi TV Internet servers, encoded on the fly, and streamed by Wi-Fi TV both live and archived to a global audience. In the case of the New Year’s Eve Webcast, a live Wi-Fi TV chat feature included comments from viewers.