TV Garden

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Post by vkdelta » Sun, Mar 30, 2025, 2:25 PM UTC

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Post by jaqalopes » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 9:52 PM UTC

This is pretty amazing. I clicked on a Luganda-language channel in Uganda and it was a concerned-looking woman being interviewed for a news segment about a "for men" testosterone supplement. Kind of heartening to see that people everywhere are the same, for better and for worse.

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Post by forks » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 9:52 PM UTC

One of those things that's so cool it's hard to believe it's legal

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Post by vault » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 10:06 PM UTC

Thanks. I could spend hours watching distant cultures. Their colours, environment, technical equipment... I saw some people in Somalia using DJI microphones, those that in the West are mainly used by YouTubers.

I also see TVs that are normally subject to fees. I'm aware the FAQs say it's only public streams, but I fear this won't last long.

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Post by magicmicah85 » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 10:07 PM UTC

Love the website design. Very neat to just drop in on a country, see what’s on. Was watching two guys in Afghanistan acting goofy in a commercial. Just fascinating.

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Post by thundergolfer » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 10:07 PM UTC

One of those projects that has me wondering what I was doing instead of building this. The end result is great, and the technical details seem like they'd be interesting. TIL about Internet Protocol TV: https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv

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Post by AnotherGoodName » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 10:13 PM UTC

For me the site is incredibly snappy. Amazing. As in i clicked Australia, clicked ABC TV and it all loaded in milliseconds.

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Post by caseyy » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 10:17 PM UTC

forks wrote: post #3

One of those things that's so cool it's hard to believe it's legal

There are many broadcasting laws worldwide, many quite archaic. Even Radio Garden got meaningfully restricted in the UK (only licensed national radio stations are allowed by a high court ruling). I worry for projects like TV Garden but they are undoubtedly very cool.

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Post by lxgr » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 10:23 PM UTC

vault wrote: post #4

Thanks. I could spend hours watching distant cultures. Their colours, environment, technical equipment... I saw some people in Somalia using DJI microphones, those that in the West are mainly used by YouTubers. I also see TVs that are normally subject to fees. I'm aware the FAQs say it's only public streams, but I fear this won't last long.

Non-public streams wouldn’t be published without DRM, or at least not as publicly retrievable (i.e. without any authentication) M3U playlists, would they?

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Post by lxgr » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 10:26 PM UTC

forks wrote: post #3

One of those things that's so cool it's hard to believe it's legal

Why not? Public broadcast TV stations want to be viewed, just like web radio streams!

That said, the first one I tried (a German public broadcaster) was showing a static image of “this programme is currently unavailable for legal reasons”. (I believe they do IP-based geofencing for legal/broadcasting rights reasons.)