Actually, Apple and some other companies (including mine) are working
together to produce streaming content via QuickTime...here is the URL:
http://www.insightmag.com/rncvideo.shtml
CWR
> From: CM Stimpson <macheel@dialfree.net>
> Reply-To: newtontalk@planetnewton.com
> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 09:05:21 -0400
> To: <newtontalk@planetnewton.com>
> Subject: NTLK Re: Macs on TV
>
> Oh -- if anybody has happened to catch any of the Democratic National
> Convention (and let's NOT turn this into a political debate, please), you
> will see Apple products ALL OVER THE PLACE!
>
> Even if you're a Republican, or Independent (like myself) or whatever, it's
> cool to see all those Apple products. In about 15 minutes of air time, I
> saw an iMac, 4 Apple Cinema Displays (Yes! The HUGE ones!), about 2-4 Apple
> Studio Displays (presumably attached to matching G4's under the tables),
> several iBooks and PowerBooks.....
>
> It was like Apple was SPONSORING the DNC or something. (Macs were, in fact,
> clearly running the show, as there were NO PeeCee's to be found ANYWHERE.)
>
> I'm not sure, but it looked as though the Apple Cinema displays were used as
> TV monitors so that the crowd could see whomever was on stage from their
> various locations throughout the Staple Center.
>
> And, as many of you probably know, Apple just happened to have a huge
> 12-story, 6-panel mural painted on a hotel right outside the Staple Center's
> main entrance. The mural was of the "Think Different" variety and honored
> various political figures (all Democrats, notably) throughout history. The
> figures were JFK, Eleanor & FDR, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Cesar Chavez.
>
> Well, needless to say, Apple had a more than modest presence.
>
> CM
>
>
> --
> The box said "Windows 95 or better" so I bought a Macintosh.
>
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