Scala scripts are multimedia productions that can contain graphics, photos, animation, sound, and music. Scripts created with Scala software are distinguished by smooth, full screen playback. Once created, the Scala script is published as a Channel on a Web server. The Web server contains the script, its content, and the descriptive files for the Channel Guide. Channels are viewed using iplay.
Viewers running the iplay program can elect to receive the channel via the Internet.
The channels run automatically. And the player can be invoked manually or selected as the Windows screen saver. You could of course send someone a script file, and that person could view the script with iplay software, in much the same way that you can, for example, send someone an animation to play using the Windows Media Player or a similar program. What distinguishes a channel from a script file that you send directly to someone is that it resides on the remote server, like a Web page, and thus can be updated by its author. As a channel is updated, whoever has elected to receive it sees the latest version.