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EnterVision RN Broadcaster 3.1

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IcraveTV started a revolution of on-line broadcasting. Although all the TV networks banded together to shut them down, they could not shut down our software. We now make the same software available to you. Become your own TV broadcaster or retransmit your home TV to your office. Never miss an episode of your favorite show. Start a Pay Per View Internet business, or try to set the world on fire with your own version of out infamous, IcraveTV.

Read what some people have said about the power of the EnterVision system when it was broadcasting for its sister company, IcraveTV. Then go to the bottom of the page and download your own version.

Entervision Continues to Retransmits CNN - July 5, 2002
iCravetv.biz/Entervision Retransmissions

After the Entervision front page ceased displaying CNN on July 5, 2002, the author used HTML code adapted from Entervision's earlier front page to continue to access CNN retransmission through servers operated by Entervision. In particular, when Entervision removed access to this signal from their front page, Entervision staff seem to have only revised the server IP address specified in the server front page HTML code, but failed to disable the video streaming server actually providing the CNN retransmission. It therefore remained possible to access the CNN retransmission, as shown below.

Taken on the afternoon of July 5, the screenshot below shows a large-size CNN retransmission originating at Entervision servers. Note the CNN logo in the bottom-left corner of the video image.

Entervision continues to retransmit CNN - July 5, 2002

TORONTO STAR

July 22, 2002

Controversial Net TV site is back

Bill Craig returns as an adviser to a firm boasting improved online TV technology

by Andrew Wahl

So Canada hasn't heard the last of Bill Craig after all.

You may remember Craig as the Internet maverick who, in 1999, tried to broadcast TV signals on his iCraveTV.com Web site – and got his pants sued off by the U.S. entertainment industry, including four major networks.

When they settled the case in early 2000, Craig was barred from owning any business that streams live TV signals on the Internet. Now he's back in the game as an adviser to a Los Angeles company with a new way to broadcast online.

And get this: Its Web site is iCraveTV.biz.

ICraveTV.biz hit the Internet in March, but it won't encounter the same legal hassles Craig did because the site isn't retransmitting TV signals – yet.

Herbert Becker, a resident of Montreal with a PhD in business, is just using the controversial name – and even the same logo – to draw attention to six-month-old EnterVision Inc. and its real-time online video technology.

Developed by Becker and a team of programmers based in locations as remote as Siberia, the technology could help entertainment companies show video online – and help Craig resurrect iCraveTV.com.

"I think it will have some fairly profound impacts," Craig says. "Any way I can help Becker, it helps my interest in the whole Internet TV craze."

Craze?

That's a bit of an overstatement. TV on the Web has yet to pay off for anyone. About all you can watch are licensed clips on Montreal-based Jump TV or Quicktime and RealPlayer. Moreover, you either get small, grainy pictures with bad sound, or big clips with long download times.

Becker says that EnterVision's server and software package changes that.

Instead of transmitting a compressed video file that can be downloaded, or streaming video data that plays in bursts and often encounters network congestion, Becker's method works like a flip-book.

Using a Java applet that's only about 10 lines long, the TV window on a Web page is continuously refreshed with a new still image captured from a video feed.

Because both the capture and the refresh happen at a rate of 30 frames per second – the same as TV – and is synchronized with sound, it looks just like video.

Viewers don't receive a file, so they can't copy or redistribute it – a big sticking point with broadcasters worried about copyright. And the picture can be as big as the broadcaster wants.

Becker – an Orthodox Jew with seven kids and, ironically, no TV – doesn't mince words when talking about his competitive target: RealNetworks.

"We're following their model for costing, and undercutting them everywhere we can," he says.

For a system that can handle 1,000 viewers at a time, EnterVision charges $25,000 (U.S.), plus $15,000 for an additional 1,000 viewers. RealNetworks charges about $32,000 for 400 streams.

The plan is to sell the package to Hollywood studios and other companies that own libraries of movies and TV shows.

EnterVision is closely aligned with Miracle Entertainment, an L.A. distributor with rights to such films as Platoon and Terminator, and has sold the technology to several independent TV stations. In Canada, CTV has expressed interest.

Today, iCraveTV.biz is just a showcase for his technology, but Becker hopes to eventually consolidate much of the content on the site – and hire Craig to manage it.

"I have agreed that, if he gets up and running, I would operate the system for him," says Craig.

The two entrepreneurs have never met, but their relationship dates back to 1999, when Becker approached Craig with an early version of his technology. Craig was intrigued, but legal actions pre-empted any deal.

Since settling out of court – after realizing that even if he did win, he couldn't afford to keep posting content – Craig has laid low. In May, he finished a stint with e-logistics firm Descartes Systems Group, where he was in charge of integrating a recent acquisition.

He now spends most of his time in Bermuda, where he's developing a wireless network in partnership with a local carrier. But he's clearly itching to get iCraveTV.com back up and running. "We have all the equipment sitting there," he says. "It's all ready to be lit up."

Is a comeback possible?

Becker claims to have solved the technological problem that got Craig sued in the first place: not being able to isolate his signal from U.S. audiences. But Craig is waiting for another company – perhaps Jump TV – to make a successful application to the Canadian copyright board, which faces pressure from distributors and broadcasters that want to maintain control of TV signals.

As for Becker, he hopes to have public content on iCraveTV.biz soon. First, he has to decide whether to do a reverse takeover on the Nasdaq over-the-counter market.

Despite the delays, it may not be long before Craig's plan to become an Internet TV mogul is back online.

EnterVision RN Broadcaster 3.1

Description

EnterVision is a broadcasting system. It does not capture or save video. It does not encode a stream of video. Instead, EnterVision is a software application, which runs on a Windows platform. With a video capture card hooked up to a source (VCR, Beta Deck-used by nearly all professional camera people and television stations, camera or USB video device), the EnterVision application captures each frame as it travels through the video buffer. Utilizing the Microsoft AVI filter, it then changes each frame into a perfect jpeg image. Thirty images per second, just like television 30 fps. These thirty images then broadcast through your Internet web browser, powered by a small server side java applet (about 8K).

What makes the RN Broadcaster so special and sets it apart from streaming systems such as REAL Networks Broadcasting? The EnterVision RN Broadcasting system is easy to use and is not complicated to operate. You do not need to capture the video ahead of time and then save it to your hard drive with the ultimate need to upload it to a server. There are no other fees or licenses required. Your internet audience does not need to download a player application to view the broadcast, or hear the audio; all that is needed is an internet browser.

All that is needed is a computer, video capture card or video USB capture device. You can also use a USB web cam. For audio, you will need a sound card with a Line-in jack.

CNET User Opinions

Perry "The Mother of all Applications" This broadcasting software is hot, very hot. You have to see it to believe it, a little bit of software and my old JVC camcorder was the start of a whole new world. I can videoconference, show off new tape of the kids to granny, and best of all, watch my favorite TV shows when I am on the road. This application is great and well worth the reg price

The EnterVision RN Broadcaster is just $199.99 for a limited time only. You will have full functions and total support for 30 days, FREE. Then come back and register for unlimited usage.

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