SBIR Phase II: Implementation, Testing and Refinement of a Hybrid Distributed / Traditional System for Broadcasting Live and Pre-Recorded Content to Large Online Audiences

这个第二期项目有两个技术目标。第一年的重点是提高NFT传输广播的视频质量（比特率），同时保持较低的带宽成本。在第二年，重点转移到扩展对Mac和其他非windows系统的产品支持。网络基础技术公司（NFT）开发了一项分布式广播专利技术，克服了当前的许多瓶颈。NFT方法与传统方法的关键区别在于，在NFT方法中，观看广播的观众的计算机和互联网连接有助于将该广播传递给其他观众。网络基金会技术公司的产品和技术有可能显著影响在互联网上进行电视式广播的方式，大大增加可以听到的声音的数量。NFT的近期目标是“将电视带入互联网”，而长期目标则是让普通民众拥有自己的“网络电视台”。

This Phase II project has two technical goals. In Year 1 the focus is on increasing the video quality (bit rate) of NFT delivered broadcasts, while keeping bandwidth costs low. In Year 2 the focus shifts to expanding product support to Mac and other non-Windows systems. Network Foundation Technologies (NFT) has developed a patented distributed broadcast technology that overcomes many of the current bottlenecks. The key difference between the NFT approach and the traditional approach is that with NFT the computers and Internet connections of the viewers watching a broadcast help deliver that broadcast on to other viewers. Network Foundation Technologies' products and technology have the potential to significantly impact the way television-style broadcasting is conducted over the Internet, greatly increasing the number of voices that can be heard. While NFT's near term goal is "to bring television to the Internet", the long term goal is to give ordinary citizens their own "online television stations."