Once new equipment is in place to relieve network congestion, Santa Monica plans to Webcast its Emmy award-winning cableTV programming, a move that will allow city employees to monitor the channel unobtrusively from their desktops as they work.
The move comes as Google itself is attempting to become a major seller and distributor of professional video and music content through a variety of services, from its YouTube video site to the Google Play online-media store to its pay-TV service in Kansas City, which required deals with cable-channel networks.