Oireachtas TV available on the Internet (Webcasting)

Oireachtas TV is available on the Internet and on educational networks as Windows Media Webcast streaming, and we are looking at supplying a Flash service in addition.

Live feeds of the Dáil and Seanad are provided, and additional feeds are being considered (Committees, multiscreen channel, the parliamentary channel).

The streams are provided as 16:9 widescreen as follows:

• Broadband (1.2 MB/sec)
• Modem (43 KB/sec)
• Audio (20 KB/sec)

The SDI feeds from the Oireachtas Broadcasting Unit are encoded as Windows Media Player streams. The following live feeds are available:

• Dáil (House)
  • Broadband
  • Modem
  • Audio 
• Seanad (Senate)
  • Broadband
  • Modem
  • Audio 

The Oireachtas Live Webcasting service is provided in association with HEAnet, Ireland’s Educational are Research Network.

The Webcasting Streams are provided to several networks including the following:

• Educational and Research Networks
  • HEAnet (Ireland)
  • JANET (UK)2 * 1 GBit/sec
  • NIRAN (Northern Ireland) 1 * 1 GBit/sec
  • GÉANT (Europe) 2 * 10 GBit/sec
• Internet
  • INEX (Internet Neutral Exchange) in Ireland 2 * 10 GBit/sec
  • General Internet 2 * 10 GBit/sec

I would be interested to hear from users who are able to watch the Oireachtas TV service as a Webcasting feed or as an IPTV feed. I would also like to know the quality of the stream, e.g. bandwidth used by the stream that you are receiving.