A Capitol Idea for Putting TV Stations on the Web

A CAPITOL IDEA FOR PUTTING STATIONS ON THE WEB
[SOURCE: tvnewsday, AUTHOR: Harry A. Jessell]
Capitol Broadcasting owner Jim Goodmon is a true HDTV pioneer. His WRAL Raleigh, N.C., began experimenting with HD in 1996 and it aired its first local HD newscast seven years ago -- long before many other stations had begun HD broadcasts of any kind. Now that the rest of the industry is finally catching up with him on local HD, he is on to his next cutting-edge project -- making sure that his TV stations (he also owns four others in North Carolina) and every other TV station is streamed in its entirety on the Internet. To avoid the various regulatory and copyright obstacles, Goodmon believes the way to do it is to operate the stations' Web sites like a cable system. He envisions Web sites where subscribers can go to watch every station within their market just as they do on cable. The trick is to limit reception of the Web-delivered broadcast signals to their over-the-air market, he says.
http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2007/05/01/daily.4/