earthTV
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earthTV is a German satellite television network which airs live broadcasts of camera streams from places all around the world. The network features a mix of both personal and scenic cams. Personal cams are often chosen to be aired for unique contents or themes, and scenic cameras usually feature beaches, mountains, seaside resorts, or skylines of major cities. They now have over 70 cameras and air the World LIVE in 200 countries, reaching more than 2 billion viewers daily.
The cameras for live streaming are fully remote controlled from the broadcast center in Munich. The programme from cities and landscapes is transmitted from the headquarters in Munich and from there they are sent in various formats to the worldwide partners under the name of World Live or similar ones, claiming to reach 2 billion viewers in 200 countries, available in 10 languages and broadcasted across 40 TV stations.
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[edit] Equipment
Earth television network designed and developed the first portable high-tech television studio in Germany, the DoubleCam², the system is able to instantly broadcast live or near live videos. The EarthTVcam is the camera which you will see images from on the programmes. They do not stream, and are of extremely high quality images, now upgraded to HD.
EarthTV has cameras in multiple cities, in over 30 countries.
[edit] Programmes
- The World LIVE
- Motion Timelapse
- Seasonal Motion Timelapse
- Earthquiz
- World Weather
- Best Of the Month
- Best of World Live
- El Mundo En Directo (Spanish)
- The world programes
- What A World!
- What A Day!
[edit] Locations
South Africa
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Knysna, South Africa
Asia
- Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
- Pine Valley - Beijing, China
- Hong Kong Cyberport, China
- Hong Kong Downtown, China
- Macau, China
- Udaipur, India
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Seoul, South Korea
- Cebu, Mactan Island, Philippines
- Manila, Philippines
- Manila Bay, Philippines
Asia Pacific
- Hamilton Island, Queensland, Australia
- Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Mannum, Australia
- Melbourne, Australia
- Phillip Island, Australia
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Auckland 2, New Zealand
- Auckland, New Zealand
Europe
- Grünau, Austria
- Soelden, Austria
- Vienna, Austria
- Brussels, Belgium
- Dubrovnic, Croatia (Hrvatska)
- Helsinki, Finland
- Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France
- Avignon, France
- Ciboure Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France
- Metz, France
- Paris, France
- Paris-Le Printemps, France
- Saint-Malo, France
- Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Potsdamer Platz, Germany
- Cologne Alter Markt, Germany
- Cologne, Germany
- Dresden, Germany
- Düsseldorf, Germany
- Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Jungfernsteg, Germany
- Leipzig, Germany
- Munich, Germany
- Munich Wiesn Cam, Germany
- Rühstädt, Germany
- Stuttgart, Germany
- Warnemünde, Germany
- Santorini, Greece
- Budapest, Hungary
- Dolomites, Canazei, Italy
- Dolomites, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
- Dolomites, Lagazuoi, Italy
- Venice, Italy
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Barcelona, Spain
- Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- Seville, Spain
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Engelberg-Titlis, Switzerland
- Geneve, Switzerland
- Antalya, Turkey
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Izmir, Turkey
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- London, United Kingdom
Middle East
- Jerusalem, Israel
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
North America
- Hamilton, Bermudas, Bermuda, USA
- Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
- St. Andrews, Canada
- Beaver Creek, Colorado, USA
- Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- New Orleans, USA
- New York City, East River, USA
- New York City, USA
- San Francisco, USA
- Santa Fe, USA
- Seattle, USA
- Sedona, Arizona, USA
- Los Angeles, Venice Beach, California, USA
- Washington D.C., USA
[edit] Music
The music used on their programmes is available on the Earthgrooves CDs. About summer 2008 a second volume will come out with more music plus a DVD later on in 2008. The volume 1 has very high ratings on all popular music websites.
