--- Title: Narrowcast (publication) Date: 2023-03-09 13:00 Category: writings Tags: broadcasting, manual slug: narrowcast-publication lang: en event_start: 2023-03-09 13:00 event_duration: 1h 30m featured_image: /images/narrowcast-publication-cover-full.jpg summary: Made by the Varia BroadCats team (aka Broadcats ˚ᆺ˚) Narrowcast publication is a manual that records the history and genealogy of the streaming space of Varia called *Narrowcast* from around 2020 until 2023. --- *Narrowcast* publication is out. :) Made by the Varia BroadCats team (aka Broadcats ˚ᆺ˚) this publication is a manual that records the history and genealogy of the streaming space of Varia called *Narrowcast* from around 2020 until 2023. You can download the digital publication [here](https://vvvvvvaria.org/archive/00_Narrowcast/narrowcast-publication.pdf) ## Contents * About * Genealogy * Varia’s early experiments * Pandemic transmissions (2020-2022) * Sharing knowledge * Tentacular bridging * Mirroring as resistance * Streaming with Infrafem (2022) * Making of a platform * from Narrowcast to Multicast * Narrowcast Rituals * Narrowcast Dual-Lingual Narrowcast Skins * Glossary of possibilities: tools and methods * Archive of Narrowcast streams * Configuration appendix * Bibliography * Colophon ## Colophon Edited by Varia BroadCats: Joana, Luke, Danny, Angeliki With the use of octomode, a collective PDF rendering environment made by Varia. You can download the digital publication with the active hyperlinks here: [https://vvvvvvaria.org/archive/00_Narrowcast/]( https://vvvvvvaria.org/archive/00_Narrowcast/) Copyright 2023 Varia BroadCats. All text and images are licensed under the Collective Conditions for Re-Use (CC4r). You are invited to copy, distribute, and transform the materials published under these conditions, which means to take the implications of (re-)use into account. Read more about the license at [https://constantvzw.org/wefts/cc4r.en.html](https://constantvzw.org/wefts/cc4r.en.html) The publication was made possible with the support of Creative Industries Fund NL.