Once P2P is being mentioned, we immediately think of Limewire, Frostwire, downloading, uploading, movies, music albums, mp3s… That is P2P file sharing and when you go to download a file, you are downloading the file from some guys computer who is sharing it. Other than using P2P for file sharing, do you know that P2P (peer to peer) technology can also be used for internet TV?

I know there are quite a few online TV but this one has an extra channel call VoD (Video on Demand). From my VoD channel list, it is currently playing Infernal Affairs, Die Another Day, The Kingdom, Rocky Balboa, The Bourne Ultimatum, Pirates of the Carribean 3, Rush Hour 3, Live Free or Die Hard, Wild Hogs, Memoirs Of A Geisha, Primeval, Surfs Up, Spider Man 3, Transformers and A LOT MORE!

It’s like having a satellite TV on your computer without paying a single cent.


SopCast is a simple, free way to broadcast video and audio or watch the video and listen to radio on the Internet. Adopting P2P(Peer-to-Peer) technology, It is very efficient and easy to use. Let anyone become a broadcaster without the costs of a powerful server and vast bandwidth. You can build your own TV stations comparable with large commercial sites with minimal resources. Using SopCast, you can serve 10,000 online users with a personal computer and a home broadband connection.

SoP is the abbreviation for Streaming over P2P. Sopcast is a Streaming Direct Broadcasting System based on P2P. The core is the communication protocol produced by Sopcast Team, which is named sop://, or Sop technology.

SopCast Features:

State-of-the-art P2P technology. Share the data among all viewers, make the channel more available and stable.

Minimal delay in the P2P streaming market.

Fast buffering. 10-30seconds.

Firewall and NAT traversal technology to pass 90% P2P barriers.

Build your own channels and broadcast it over the Internet.

Streaming real time streams. Support for many streaming transport protocol. mms, http, etc.

Streaming media files. Many file types: asf, wmv, rm, rmvb, mp3, etc.

Support for loop file playing.

Extremely low memory footprint and CPU load

Standard channel URL: click on any sop:// URL to play.

Real time monitor of broadcasting source quality and network quality to help viewers to select a appropriate channel.

Record the clips when you are watching it.

Can play the stream with your favorite player, such as Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, VLC, etc.

Memory buffering, no harm to the hard disk.

Support for authentication for both the broadcasters and the viewers. The broadcaster has full control on his channels.

End-to-End security, encrypted messages, hi level P2P security, no hijack.

Support multiple channels broadcast on the same server. Normally, you can run 5-10 channels on one PC.

The Sop Player can be embedded into a webpage or any software applications. It works just like Windows Media Player.

The Sop Server and Sop Player can be run both on Windows and Linux. The whole system can be ported to embedded Linux.

Freeware, not ad/spy ware

I’ve previously introduced TVU Networks. If you ask me which is better, I’d say SopCast is better because it has more channels and also video on demand. But since both SopCast and TVU Networks are free, why not use both?

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