We launch in 2008 so please excuse our Beta Testing mode

Vision On is a new Peer to Peer Tv channel distributed across the net.
Rather than YouTube style low resolution clips, you will receive full size DVD quality independent films, chat shows, and much more - automatically every day.
Contact v@undercurrents.org

Vision On is aiming to have the look and feel of television rather than a computer interface. We will promote the radical as well as the daft, the funny as well as the serious. Vision On Tv will appeal to a wide section of people aiming to build a worldwide community.

Vision On will have a number of regular series about women film makers, eco-direct action news, progressive technology, music reviews, Bushcraft amongst others

If you want to be inspired tune into Vision on TV.

Vision On is a nonprofit DIY project produced by award winning media charity Undercurrents, Anyone can add their own outreach films to the open publishing channel.

How you can get involved
We need people to get involved and join the Beta Testing of the software.

Undercurrents believes this could be the future of video on the web so please help.

Steps
1.Go to our website www.undercurrents.org/visionon
2.Click on the V install button.
3.Download our open source video player application (say yes to the questions it asks). Your PC/MAC will need to be fairly new- 2 or 3 years old) to run it.
4. You will have a choice of films and shows. Click on any film you like and hey presto- you have joined the Video revolution!

Technical stuff
The project highlights the best of open source software and working practices.

Uses open source applications
-Broadcast machine - which uses blog-Torrent
-Democracy player (now MIRO)- which embeds firefox, VLC and open torrent code.
-Azureus and Vuze: one of the most successful open source P2P hosting clients around.
Open standards
RSS
Bittorrent
Creative Commons

Archive- Vision On will combine lots of original content from undercurrents with the best from the Creative Commons video from around the world. We hope to create a real alternative to traditional mainstream TV in full screen DVD quality to 100,000 people via a scalable and tested torrent technology.

The long term aim of the project is to help make these “open standards” the centre of future media landscape.

Wish List
* We are looking for a programmer to re-skin the Miro video application and to write a play list generator which will give Vision On the look and feel of Television.
* A pot of cash to cover expenses and running costs.

We also need
* Video producers - to produce films, trailers, promos, shows.
* Content finders- we need people to search the net for shows and films we deserve a wider broadcast.
* We need website updaters.