From streaming audio to web tv. Digital broadcasting- the transmission of audio and visual content by means of digital net works - is the latest form of symbiosis between broadcasting formats and television and computer transmissions. Technological progress is making giant strides in this field. Only yesterday we thought static web sites were fun and now radio and television programmes are being broadcast on the Internet, although they are still in their infancy. The medium of the computer opens up new distribution channels for music, film and television thanks to the World Wide Web. The open and popularised form of distribution this multimedia platform has to offer turns it into an information and content multiplier. Although radio and television sets can broadcast the same programmes as the computer (in theory), the latter will forge ahead as an ‘all-user medium’. While radio, television and the cinema are exclusively predestined for linear narrative, the computer can combine traditional broadcasting and web-based data formats. Despite the present lack of technical equipment with the necessary wideband access for costly visual broadcasting formats, experts and enthusiasts are busy investigating the present potential. This trend is confirmed by many projects and initiatives in both the business field and the free art scene. Four international initiatives have been invited as guests for this talk show. Nirvanet from Paris is specialised in the ‘streaming’ of music and video and hosts the cybert heatrein Brussels. The extent of its popuarity and success is indicated by the awards it has received from Macromedia (1999), UNESCO (1998) and Netscape (1998), among others. Protein TV from London is one of the portals which makes ‘streaming’possible for other providers. Protein will be introducing its Web TV project. Xchange from Riga, a network providing digital communications structures, e.g. in the form of mailing lists, regards itself as a webcaster. The fourth initiative WorldhouseTVfrom Weimarpresentson-lineitscurrentproject„Kunstfernsehen“