Running and Passing.

* Update *

11/01/2009 : I found a OpenCulture.org post from this past week that compiles a nice listing of Intelligent Video: The Top Cultural & Educational Video Sites

I have not subscribed to a cable television service, or for that matter owned a TV, for over 2 years.  As I am still quite enthralled with the broadcast news, entertainment, and the general educational possibilities that video can provide, I have compiled the following list of online video resources that I find most useful.

Fora.tv : The World is Thinking – Highly Recommended – Primarily an education resource, Fora features critical debate, lectures, and interviews from the world’s top universities, think tanks, and conferences. Topics range from the economy to technology to environment and nutrition.  They aim to “help intelligent, engaged audiences get smart” and I can attest to the quality of their unmediated offerings.

TED Ideas Worth Spreading – TED  started as an annual multidisciplinary conference featuring 18 minute lectures from the world foremost thinkers and doers. Similar in scope to Fora, TED covers science, politics, global issues, development, and more. However while Fora aims for insight critical discussion, TED functions primarily to disseminate contemporary ideas and innovations.

Myp2p.eu – Highly Recommended – Myp2p is an excellent resource for watching live sporting events. If someone is streaming sports video myp2p attempts to collate and organize those streams into coherent weekly schedule.  I primarily use this to watch Major League Soccer matches, Cleveland sports teams (Here we go….) and other major events. Many of the streams are available through justin.tv, ustream.tv, Veetle, or 3rd party programs. I have found TVU and Sopcast to be my primary streaming applications.

Channelsurfing.com – Channelsurfing offers basic streams for entertainment based television broadcasts. Featuring major sporting events and the nightly offerings from the (former?) big three networks, channelsurfing is a simple no frills outlet for live broadcasts.

Hulu – Hulu provides a broad range of content but is plagued by commercials and it’s connections to high-profile media players. It primarily features purely entertainment based video, however they do feature a decent selection of documentary features, journalism, and science+healthy related content.

I am interested in any other resources that offer similar programming to Fora and myp2p. I welcome your comments and suggestions.