Toby’s Choice – Week 8
1. Paul Newman – worldtv.com/paulnewman
The world without Paul Newman is an emptier place. The screen legend epitomized “cool” for generations of film lovers but who according to those who knew him was a generous, caring and unpretentious man who shied away from the publicity of his global fame and instead used it on many occasions to help others. Survived by his wife of 50 years Paul Newman was a class act and a true gent.
2. Animes Streaming Net – worldtv.com/animes_streaming_.net
We came across this channel after seeing our super new WorldTV embeddable player on French Animation website animes-streaming.net The channel features a selection of Manga style cartoons in their original Japanese format but with French Subtitles for the more discerning french (or French speaking) animation aficionado.
3. Mr. Bean – worldtv.com/mr._bean
Hailing for the UK Mr Bean is a worldwide comedy phenomenon co written by and starring the inimitable Rowan Atkinson of Black Adder fame. Harking back to an age of silent comedy the buffoonery of Bean manages to amuse millions, passing unnoticed through cultural boundaries with its simple laughter evoking formula. Mr Bean described by Atkinson is “a child in a grown man’s body”
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Karma Sutra – worldtv.com/kama_sutra
An informative instructional guide to the ancient Indian practice of Kama Sutra tastefully put together in a respectful and salubrious manner that avoids any cheap tricks..
Steve Reich – worldtv.com/steve_reich
For those with a love of more leftfield music check out this documentary and live recordings style channel dedicated the brilliant modern composer Steve Reich whose strange and wonderful manipulation of sound has enchanted my cerebral cortex for many moons.
As always you can contact me at tobyschoice@worldtv.com with your suggestions.
Read MoreToby’s Choice – Week 7
After a small dose of sunshine my batteries are recharged and Toby’s Choice is back with a basket of goodies for your continued viewing pleasure. This weeks selection includes popular music channels from our users around the world, for your eyes and ears only.
1. The Beatles TV – worldtv.com/the_beatles_tv
Not much can be added about the Fab Four that hasn’t already been said many times over, so i’m not going to harp on about how genius they are, except to say I still feel sorry for the original drummer Pete Best and what were they thinking in that photo..
2. Pink Floyd – worldtv.com/pink_floyd
A tip of the hat to Richard Wright, keyboardist and one of the founding members of Pink Floyd who passed way this week. Wright met fellow Floyders Roger Waters and Nick Mason at college and joined their early band, Sigma 6. Along with the late Syd Barrett, the four formed Pink Floyd in 1965 and to this day Pink Floyd remain one of the best known bands in the world.
3. Super 80′s – worldtv.com/super_80′s
The 80′s is the new 70′s depending on your date of birth and I imagine the 90′s will be the new 80′s quite soon, the rule of thumb seems to be that a 2 decade gap makes something cool again… Anyway before i digress further, this is another 80′s Music channel packed full of classics from the decade of Big Hair and warpaint like makeup..
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Alaska Report – worldtv.com/alaskareport
I stumbled upon this channel last week and was ever so gently drawn into watching the various clips of folksy, Irish influenced music. Not normally my cup of tea but the musicianship and feel good factor won me over.
Kiss Television – worldtv.com/kiss_television
Rock Ballads for me are an acoustic version of wading through a field of treacle but there are some guilty pleasures here and personally speaking its one of those “so bad its good” scenarios! I’m sure we’ve all clenched a fist and sung a lyric or two to a few of the videos in this channel, lets just keep it between ourselves though shall we..
More to come next week as always you can contact me at tobyschoice@worldtv.com with your suggestions, go on, i dare you..
Toby’s Choice – Week 6
Charity they say begins at home but with the advent of the world wide web we can easily raise awareness to help others less fortunate than ourselves in all corners of the world. Here are some worthy WorldTV charity channels with video clips related to each cause, in no particular order..
Greenpeace – worldtv.com/greenpeace
Founded in 1971 “Greenpeace is a global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace by..” click here to visit website The rainbow clad Greenpeace boats were made famous by the sinking of the original Rainbow Warrior by the French Intelligence Service in the 1980′s.
WWF – worldtv.com/wwf
WWF is described as “A history of a global environmental conservation organization” and with its magnetically enticing logo “in almost 5 decades WWF (formerly known as the World Wildlife Fund) has become one of the largest and most respected independent conservation organizations.” Click here to visit WWF website
Amnesty International – worldtv.com/amnesty_international
“Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights for all.
Our supporters are outraged by human rights abuses but inspired by hope for a better world – so we work to improve human rights through campaigning and international solidarity.” Click here to visit Amnesty website
Unicef – worldtv.com/unicef
For the kids “UNICEF is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential.” Click here to read the Unicef Mission Statement in full and visit the site
Red Cross – worldtv.com/red_cross
“The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is the world’s largest humanitarian network. The Movement is neutral and impartial, and provides protection and assistance to people affected by disasters and conflicts.” Click here to visit the Red Cross website
Toby’s Choice will be back in two weeks time as Toby is taking a well earned rest in the Balearic sunshine..
Toby’s Choice – Week 5
This week Toby’s Choice collects channels from Argentina, Canada, Britain, Chile and America covering a host of topics such as Music, Sport, Documentaries and plain old Revolutionaries!
1. Juan Manuel Fangio – worldtv.com/juan_manuel_fangio
Juan Manuel Fangio was the best driver ever to come out of Argentina and was the dominant force in the yearly ears of Formula One. Watch this channel for some classic rubber burning footage from those glorious racing days where technological superiority was second to raw driving talent.
2. Isaac Hayes – worldtv.com/isaac_hayes
Isaac Hayes RIP best known for his “Theme to Shaft” has left this building for funk Nirvana and will be missed for his crazy suits, deep undertones and song writing, especially for lyrics like “he’s a complicated man, no-one understands him but his woman,,,” Genius!
3. Chè Guevara – worldtv.com/che_guevara
Ernesto Che Guevara has been a global icon for 50 years with the image to the left being one of the most used and recognized images of our generation. A fascinating man for his dedication and harsh execution of his beliefs and a staple t-shirt for any discerning student. (Him and Bob Marley..)
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worldtv.com/Turntablism starts with a documentary on the artistry of Turntablism = A DJ, 2 x Decks and a Mixer, a subject close to my heart. Some great music, history and incredible deck wrecking scratch skills from the best of the best.
worldtv.com/documentarytv A cracking channel from Canada which, in the interests of research of course, had me watching for perhaps longer than i should on a working day! Documentaries about our Planet and Philosophy.
worldtv.com/ilove80s_tv This channel was created in Chile and is pop tastical 80′s music at it very best or worst depending on your musical leaning.. After a flick through I found a couple of tracks i love: Wang Chung – Dance Hall Days and Gary Numan – Cars.
I do hope you found something that tickled your fancy. You can contact me at tobyschoice@worldtv.com with your suggestions.
Toby
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We are pleased to report that issues concerning adding videos from Metacafe and Daily Motion have been resolved.
Somos contentes de informar que as questões acerca da utilizacao dos videos do Metacafe e do Dailymotion foram resolvidas.
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We are equally pleased to announce three new additions to our supported sites. Vimeo is showing hockey stick growth and popularity and has been an early adopters “video must”. Brazil is now a huge region of WorldTV users so we have dutifully added Dada and Leechvideo to our list of supported sites to hopefully offer a wider variety of content for our Brazilian/Portuguese channel creators and viewers.
Somos igualmente contentes de anunciar três novas adições aos nossos sítios suportados. O Vimeo está mostrando um crescimento de popularidade muito forte e foi um dos primeiros sites a utilisar “vídeo must”. O Brasil é agora uma região com uma forte concentracão de usuários da WorldTV portanto acrescentamos respeitosamente os sítios Dada e Leechvideo à nossa lista de sítios suportatos para oferecer confiantemente uma mais larga variedade de conteúdo aos nossos criadores de canais e espectadores Brasileiros/Portugueses.
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So why not visit your WorldTV Channel Editor and Add some URLs from these fabulous supported sites!
Então, por que não visitar o seu Editor de Canal WorldTV e acrescentar algums URLs desses fabulosos sítios!
Looking for more video content on the web? Then WorldTV highly recommends OVGuide a super search site for all kinds of Online Video.
Voces estao procurando mais conteúdo no internete? Então o WorldTV cordialmente recomenda a OVGuide um otimo sítio de busca de todas as espécies de Vídeos Online.
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