TVants 1.0.0.59 build 0835

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Most programs on TVants are provided and shared by users, so the availability of a program depends on its popularity. Users can add their media source to the platform, or even set up their own media cast platform -- because it can act both as a client and a server.

TVAnts is a client which is pretty easy to use. Everyone can use it, it`s fully in English, buffering goes fast and easy and opening of channels is also a piece of cake. It doesn`t update it`s versions that much, so you don`t need to update it regularly.

In a P2PTV system, each user, while downloading a video stream, is simultaneously also uploading that stream to other users, thus contributing to the overall available bandwidth. The arriving streams are typically a few minutes time-delayed compared to the original sources. The video quality of the channels usually depends on how many users are watching; the video quality is better if there are more users. The architecture of many P2PTV networks can be thought of as real-time versions of BitTorrent: if a user wishes to view a certain channel, the P2PTV software contacts a "tracker server" for that channel in order to obtain addresses of peers who distribute that channel; it then contacts these peers to receive the feed. The tracker records the user`s address, so that it can be given to other users who wish to view the same channel. In effect, this creates an overlay network on top of the regular internet for the distribution of real-time video content.