TED Opens Its Video Library to Broadcast Television Worldwide

The TED conference ("Technology, Entertainment, Design") is responsible for some of the most fascinating speeches ever given, from the likes of Al Gore, Bill Gates, the Googlers, Richard Dawkins, and my personal favorite, Chef Dan Barber. They're sort of the innovative step-brother of PBS and NPR--the best of American public programming.

But while they've been able to achieve widespread acclaim and success through their Internet-only distribution, they're also limiting their audience to...