URLs4TV

by Jim Mikles
Summer/Fall 1999

Broadcast.com
www.broadcast.com
A site dedicated exclusively to streaming media, Broadcast.com is one of the largest, most comprehensive and best organized aggregators and suppliers of streaming video and audio on the Web. Programs on the site include sports, talk and music radio stations, television channels, business events and conferences, full-length music CDs, news, commentary and full-length audio books. All of the content is organized logically and understandably on a page that fits easily on your TV's 640x480 screen size.

Discovery Channel Slide Shows
www.discovery.com
Not only is Discovery Channel one of the hottest cable channels around, but it's one of the leading content providers on the Internet as well. Various programs on the Web site that accompany TV-based specials are offered in slide show, RealVideo or QuickTime formats. Depending on the type of connection, you can get the format that most easily adapts to your situation to see the content.

QuizSite
www.quizsite.com
For fun or education, alone or in a group, QuizSite is a fun and leisurely site to surf from the couch. From the X-Files to the Geography of North America to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, this site features quizzes on more than a hundred different topics. Categories include biography, geography, history, literature, music, movies, sciences, television, toys and games. Each category offers quizzes with different sets of questions and different skill levels. Compete to win prizes or simply for fun.

CyberLove
webcastupdate.com
A talk show in streaming video, CyberLove promises "honest uncensored talk about love, sex and dating." It's racy, but not pornographic. Each episode reveals viewer answers to a common topic. A recent topic was, "Should you talk about your past with current and prospective partners? Is it a turn off or is it a useful way to gain insight into someone's personality?"

Phoenix Theater
www.phoenixlive.com
Phoenixlive.com is a site that hosts made-for-the-Web theater productions in RealMedia G2. Phoenix Theater offers streaming video, audio and animation-based sci-fi adventures, suspense thrillers, horror-action flicks, comedy spoofs, dramatic shorts and music videos.

ContactLive.com
www.contactlive.com
ContactLive is a fresh take on some of the cultural scenes off the well-beaten path: namely hip-hop and punk music. This Southern California based site offers two "channels," Mike Check and Youth Rally, which stream music, interviews and other scene-relevant information.

Going Places
www.wnet.org/archive/goingplacesI.cgi
This site, companion to the popular PBS series Going Places, features the traveling adventures of beloved TV personality Al Roker. It has some great travel and destination footage in both Quicktime video format and in slide show form. Every episode of the show is archived on the site. If you like traveling, Al or both, make sure to do some armchair surfing to this site.