Friday, July 27. 2007
Today has seen the launch of BBC's on-demand TV service, BBC iPlayer which lets you download a wide range of BBC television programmes for free from the last seven days.
The programmes you choose to download are stored in your BBC iPlayer Library on your computer for up to 30 days (once you download the iPlayer). You then have up to seven days to watch them. Once you download them you don't have to be on the internet to watch them when it suits you.
The viewer is now taking control as they start to dictate what they watch and when they watch it.
The programmes you choose to download are stored in your BBC iPlayer Library on your computer for up to 30 days (once you download the iPlayer). You then have up to seven days to watch them. Once you download them you don't have to be on the internet to watch them when it suits you.
The viewer is now taking control as they start to dictate what they watch and when they watch it.
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A more expansive BBC article is here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6916164.stm
The Guardian takes it through a test drive:
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2007/07/27/test_driving_the_iplayer.html
And the Telegraph's article on the launch of the iPlayer says that:
"BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, is finalising proposals to launch a commercial version of the iPlayer early next year. Initially, it will be available only in the UK and will offer both ad-funded and pay-to-view content from the BBC's archive."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/27/niplayer127.xml
Its interesting that they've gone for standalone software rather than embedding content or downloads and that although, yes, its in 'beta' form at the moment its not available to Mac users yet or people on Windows Vista.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6916164.stm
The Guardian takes it through a test drive:
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2007/07/27/test_driving_the_iplayer.html
And the Telegraph's article on the launch of the iPlayer says that:
"BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, is finalising proposals to launch a commercial version of the iPlayer early next year. Initially, it will be available only in the UK and will offer both ad-funded and pay-to-view content from the BBC's archive."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/27/niplayer127.xml
Its interesting that they've gone for standalone software rather than embedding content or downloads and that although, yes, its in 'beta' form at the moment its not available to Mac users yet or people on Windows Vista.
