Howard Stern Beta Testing Semi-Live Image Feed

Howard Stern fans might soon have access to a semi-live image feed during his Sirius Satellite Radio program. A private beta-test of the new Howard Stern media player is being conducted by Stern Fan Network. The media player, which works along side the standard Sirius audio feed, can be downloaded via SFN by members selected for the beta-test, is ready for immediate use, and promises "photo, video, archive & web capabilities."

To access the player, users must have a Sirius subscription, username and password to log in. The player works like the old version of Stern's media player, but now includes a live image stream. However, as currently being tested, the image stream is a still photo that is refreshed every 5 seconds. It's unclear if the feed will ever go to a pure live video stream similar to the Paltalk cameras used by Opie & Anthony, as that might conflict with subscriptions to Stern's On Demand channel. Paltalk also allows "off-air" action to be heard by users and is a two way device in which O&A can see listeners with webcams.

As of now, some of the advanced features of the Stern media player are not active in the beta-test, but will be activated as the bugs are worked out of the system. The media player is run through the UVU.com player in conjunction with DreamTank.com.
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