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- BBC iPlayer to stream video in Flash
- BBC iPlayer to stream video in Flashhmm...This may just be stop-gap to keep the BBC Board of Trustees, the Government, and various other concerned groups happy. The BBC is funded-by a television-tax and so was rightly lambasted by one and all for producing a Windows-only "iPlayer"; ie effectively endorsing a...
- Tags: Corporate communications, BBC iPlayer, British Broadcasting Corp., video
- Discussion threads 2007-10-16
- Did open source win the BBC iPlayer fight?
- Did open source win the BBC iPlayer fight?UK Gov meets Alan Cox and Mark Taylor next weekHi Dana,See the post on my blog about a eForum meeting to be held next week in London. The UK Gov and more so the opposition party are starting to - finally - take...
- Tags: BBC iPlayer fight, open source win, BBC iPlayer, British Broadcasting Corp., open source
- Discussion threads 2007-09-07
- Did open source win the BBC iPlayer fight?
- To hear UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown tell it, open source advocates have won their fight to force open the BBC iPlayer to other platforms. (The door of the Prime Minister's residence, 10 Downing Street, as shown by the BBC today.) Yeah. Open source wins. Right? ...
- Tags: Open Source, British Broadcasting Corp., Government, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-09-07
- The debacle of the BBC's iPlayer
- The debacle of the BBC's iPlayerBig Backlash?For Linux desktop (lol doesn't even show up on global usage) and Mac.I'm sure both of those users were steaming mad.For future information. A backlash actually requires a number of people not a few obsessed ABMers.Like many I don't use IEEven if the...
- Tags: Linux, Corporate communications, Operating systems, Desktops, Web browsers, Sales Figures, British Broadcasting Corp., BBC iPlayer, public institution, plug-in, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2007-08-01
- The debacle of the BBC's iPlayer
- Tim Anderson has a writeup of his experience with the BBCs new iPlayer and it isn't pretty. If you aren't familiar with the iPlayer, it's a desktop player that the BBC rolled out to allow users to watch BBC programming up to 7 days after the air date. All in...
- Tags: Rich Media, Rich Internet Applications
- Blog posts 2007-08-01
Additional Resources
- R2X iDownload 0.7 (Windows)
- Tool to download DRM-Free content from BBC iPlayer. This content can be played on any device that supports Apple QuickTime Movies (.mp4 files) and MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 (.mp3) including iPhone, iPod Touch and any PC with the latest QuickTime Player installed. Supports TV and Radio programmes, although not all...
- Tags: Apple QuickTime, British Broadcasting Corp., Microsoft Windows, R2X Software, Digital Media, Digital Music, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-10-26
- iPlayer Downloader 3.4 (Mac)
- iPlayer Downloader allows Mac users to download DRM-free content from the BBC's iPlayer service. This app is not endorsed by or provided by the BBC in any way. Not only can you download TV shows, but you can also download radio shows, all in either H264 .mov QuickTime files (for...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, British Broadcasting Corp., Radio, Math Campbell, iPlayer Downloader, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-10-20
- Downloading content illegally vs. getting away with it
- I have mentioned a few times before my somewhat controversial view on Internet piracy - the end-user downloading (and uploading, to some extent) of mostly videos, music files, software - and the issues which surround it. As this generation of students are the forerunners of the technological age, born into...
- Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., RIAA, Licence, RapidShare, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- The state of Internet TV: Consumers may pay for content; Aggregators win
- The state of Internet TV: Consumers may pay for content; Aggregators winhulu works because there is no set schedule...i have anywhere from a couple of weeks to a couple of months to find and watch my favorite tv shows. if life interferes then i can watch a marathon over...
- Tags: INTERNET, Marketing research, Internet TV, TV
- Discussion threads 2009-06-10
- BlackBerry's reduce broadband outage downtime
- I got in from the Orange Street Music Club yesterday evening, a famous jazz and live venue in here in my city, only to discover my broadband had cut out. After the crap day that I had, this just topped it off. (Only on the...
- Tags: Broadband, Downtime, RIM BlackBerry, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-06-10
- 5 Things I'd Like To See From My (Or Any) Cable Operator
- Just back from the 2009 Cable Show and wishing for a few seemingly simple services to appear on my screen -- or in my hands. 1. 'Friend' alerts. Hey, I can see who's calling on my telephone while I'm watching "How The Earth Was Made" on History....
- Tags: Movie, On-demand, Cable, Managed Hosting, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, TVs, Cloud Computing, Tv & Home Theater, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Hardware, Home Entertainment, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2009-04-07
- Dual Viewer 1.0 (Windows)
- Dual Viewer enables you to watch UK TV on your PC from anywhere. Watch all of your favorite channels from BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, Channel 4oD and Demand Five on your PC. Dual Viewer only requires an Internet-enabled PC running Windows. This is the perfect solution for travellers, British expats,...
- Tags: PC, British Broadcasting Corp., Satellite, Dual Viewer, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Network Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Networking
- Software downloads 2009-04-01
- FreshKit.co.uk Toolbar 4.5 (Windows)
- Search Amazon, Ebay, Wikipedia, BBC, YouTube & many more. Browse over 750,000 of the top products available online in the UK. One-click access to all your favourite social-networking sites. One-click access to global news. One-click access to iTunes songs, albums, music videos, films, TV and more. One-click access to the...
- Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Access, Microsoft Windows, FreshKit.co.uk, TVs, Wiki, Tv & Home Theater, E-mail, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2009-03-16
- FreshKit.co.uk Toolbar 4.5 (Windows)
- Grab this essential Internet Explorer add-on today and you can: Search Amazon, Ebay, Wikipedia, BBC, YouTube from one handy drop-down menu. Browse over 750,000 of the top products available online in the UK. Enjoy one-click access to all your favourite social-networking sites, global news, Top 25 of everything at iTunes,...
- Tags: Toolbar, British Broadcasting Corp., FreshKit, Wiki, E-mail, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Internet
- Software downloads 2009-03-16
- New York plane crash: online media spreads word within seconds
- Citizen journalism has taken off once again with the still-developing plane crash in New York city. Whilst I am keen to stress this is not deemed an act of terror (unless you consider the bird that flew into the engine as a "suicide pigeon"), showing the immense impact on-demand television,...
- Tags: Phone, Journalism, On-demand, British Broadcasting Corp., Online Media, Twitter, Citizen Journalism, Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-01-15
- RIAA drops mass lawsuits, recruits ISPs to crack the whip
- RIAA drops mass lawsuits, recruits ISPs to crack the whipI can't help but wonder......how much the RIAA is paying the ISPs to risk opening themselves up to lawsuits. I really can't see how an ISP can legally cut off someone's account based on the RIAA's say-so.Time for honesty ...Your...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), RIAA, Internet Service Provider
- Discussion threads 2008-12-19
- Is on-demand slowly killing traditional broadcasting?
- Is on-demand slowly killing traditional broadcasting?I'm happy for television and on-demand.I do have my antenna with my HDTV, so I can watch local shows broadcasted from ABC, FOX, and CBS (don't care for NBC due to broadcasting in real channel 2 in zip code 32304). I only watch local digital...
- Tags: ABC Inc., BBC website, British Broadcasting Corp., broadcasting, NBC Universal Inc., on-demand, traditional broadcasting, TV
- Discussion threads 2008-11-26
- YouTube: Does your video ID system really work?
- YouTube: Does your video ID system really work?Repeated Two Times!"Meanwhile, the vice president of business development at The Copyright Clearance Center, Miles McNamee, is even less convinced of the efficacy of YouTube's system, more than a year after it was introduced....Meanwhile, the vice president of business development at The Copyright...
- Tags: Corporate communications, YouTube Inc., video, Viacom Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
- How the world watched the Olympics online
- Much has been made of NBC's Olympic numbers, which had the rights for online video in the US, and what that means for Silverlight. I thought the app was solid, the video quality was good, and all in all it was a win for Microsoft and RIAs. In that vein,...
- Tags: China, Olympic Games, British Broadcasting Corp., Video, Flash, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Who owns the Internet?
- Who owns the Internet?The internet isn't free of costsIt's necessary to pay for building, maintaining, and operating the internet. Users pay part of the cost, but, appropriately, not all. Those providing content and often making money for what they supply also are responsible for some of the expenses.So...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), UK Government, Internet, market-force, Internet Service Provider
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
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