Have you heard of  TVU Networks?

P2P technology has given us the taste of file sharing globally and now, it has been extended to TV program broadcast all over the world through the Web.

You can try it out here.

My initial reaction was: Hey! Who needs local cable service anymore.

That’s still true, but unless you have alot of people watching the same channel, and more channels of all sorts of variety are available, this service still has a long way to go.  The quality is a bit low compared to the standard I would expect for a online TV broadcast, and the annoying thing is that the broadcasting will stop to due buffering every now and then.  I suppose I need better Internet connection, or more people participating…

In Singapore, the people here are not as fortunate to get ‘free’ soccer matches during the World Cup 2006.  Channel 5, the local TV channel (such as RTM of Malaysia) will only telecast 3 matches.  THAT”S JUST SO ANNOYING FRUSTRATING AND SAD…  At least in Malaysia, people without Astro will get to watch more than 10 matches…  I was told that TVU will be the next best thing to catch World Cup matches besides hanging around kopitiams…

In any case, I think this a great effort that will certainly path the way to Internet TV.