An alternate TV has emerged online, and has become deeply established. Guaranteeing a new era of mobility, of viewing and sharing, this phenomena is taking place around the world. Online TV is now an instant communication reality and it has impacted ‘the industry’ of television, film, and fine art, replac- ing the fixed television programmes and screens of the past. What are these thousands of Vimeo and YouTube channels, streaming shows? Who are the producers? What does the Internet have to do with the future of television? How has video art played a role and where are the artists today?