Now you can travel to Venice for a breakfast cappuccino, Hong Kong for a dim sum lunch and still make it to happy hour in NYC.  Earth television network recently announced the official North American launch of its website, earthTV.com, allowing visitors to experience near-to-live camera feeds from more than 60 worldwide locations on five continents. earthTV also reaches more than 2 billion television viewers globally by providing live programming to over 50 TV networks in over 200 countries, including The Weather Channel, NHK and Sky TV.

Through its unique camera feeds, earthTV.com creates a window for visitors to travel to destinations in North America (including New York City and Hawaii), Europe (including Paris and Venice), Asia (including Hong Kong and Dubai), Africa (including Johannesburg and Durban) and Oceania/Australia (including Sydney Harbour and Melbourne).

Featuring transmission technology designed to capture the world at its daily pulse, the feeds for earthTV.com emanate from a global, remote-controlled broadcast camera network which offers, premium streaming quality and crystal clear pan and zoom images.  earthTV.com provides real-time weather and geographical information for all camera locations, as well as individual video links and embed codes for third-party websites to post the camera feeds.  The site brings the world closer together by providing a social network allowing travelers to create personal profiles, list travel destinations and chat with friends from around the globe.  earthTV.com has also recently launched a new Facebook application http://apps.facebook.com/earthtv/ and Twitter group @earthTV and will also be launching a new player later this month that can easily be used for content syndication.

earthTV has also teamed up with Briggs & Riley Travelware for the “Where In The World Is…?” competition, which offers entrants a chance to win high-end travel luggage or a bit of cash.  How the contest works: each day a panorama will be shown from one of the many earthTV cameras, contestants have the opportunity to show off their knowledge of sites and geography by guessing the actual location.  Contestants are awarded miles for corrrect anwswers and the one with the most wins.  In case of a tie there will be a drawing.  The contest runs from June 15, 2009 to July 15, 2009.

For a complete list of earthTV world cameras and more information, visit: www.earthTV.com

ABOUT EARTH TELEVISION NETWORK:

Founded in 1998 by Thomas M. Hohenacker, earth television network has developed a unique broadcast system that enables it to transmit streaming video feeds from 70 cameras locations worldwide.  In addition to providing live programming for over 50 TV networks globally, the company has launched earthTV.com, a website which allows its visitors to experience captured feeds from cameras all around the world.  earth television network is a company of TELCAST Media Group.

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