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Yet inspite of all the above, | do believe that a new method of delivery such as streaming text, when opened to widespread
use, will give rise to the unexpected and profoundly interesting. This inspite of a dread that it will also result in an end-

less, nauseating flow of single and not well thought out points of view. Let's wait and see. For those who are interested,
seven Adrift performances are archived on the Turbulence website (http:/turbulence.org/adriftvindex.htm!). To view them
you need a PC and CosmoPlayer2. MAC users will have to settle for slides shows, of which there are seven on site.

STREAMING
NETWORKS

We've had the camcorder revolution. It made making video programs cheaper. Audio equipment is affordable, so radio-
making is possible for a large amount of people too. So for a long time already the masses are potential media producers.
There were only minor successes in accessing the broadcast channels both legally and illegally. But the efficient one-to-
many distribution system (radio and tv) are choked, regulated, hard to get access to. The Internet having the capacity for
streaming media seems to promise new possibilities. Boundless access, for anyone making radio, and maybe in the near
future TV. Some are pessimistic, and see these channels soon closed and regulated as well. What will this streaming
media look like and who will be streaming?

So far audio on the net is booming. Many local radio stations literally transmit their radio programs through the internet,
potentially reaching a worldwide audience. New radio stations are started, purely as web-based radio programs, working
around the restrictions of radioaccess. These are instances of first use: translate radio literally onto the web. Just as the
first motorised vehicles were modelled after the horse carriage. However, more web-suitable uses for streaming media do
emerge. Using the web as a way to store resources is one of them. Audio fragments can be taken from the web, down-
loaded and re-edited, by different radio-makers around the globe. Working together with editors from different countries,
sharing resources is the network way of working. It opens up interesting perspectives, like being able to team up with like-
minded spirits and organise alternatives for the big news networks like CNN. In order to get such alternative news services
rolling, no hierarchical structures are needed, just good mailinglists, and a clear editorial databases as tools.

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This way of working points to another important principle: As long as the net is not universally accessible, it will stay im-
portant to keep a link between the web and real radio and tv stations, broadcasting locally. The radio and tv are simple de-
vises to which much more people have access than to the web. Storing radio programs on the net in order for other radio
stations to stream it onto the "old" radio channels is a very good use. Actually, the "old" media -radio and tv-, will always
be more suitable, and certainly more economic, for mass communication, from one to many. Radio and tv programmes are
sent once, and are received by many, while webstreaming must be carried to everyone personally.

FROM TELLING TO LISTENING
However the strong point of the web: interactivity, and networking, will lead to still other approaches of program-making.