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BBC iPlayer Coming to Sky: On Demand TV Needed
It’s a simple deal between the BBC iPlayer and Sky, which will see Sky’s web service link to BBC iPlayer shows. Now who uses Sky’s on demand web service anyway?
Sky need to get their head out of the sand and start using on demand TV on Sky+ and HD boxes, having used Sky personally for many months and BT’s on demand service I can report that Sky does things best overall but lack massively with on demand TV Read more
Beta BBC iPlayer 2.0: PC, Apple iPhone, Nintendo Wii, No Mac
Tomorrow will see a beta version of the next-generation BBC iPlayer launched, this will give UK license fee payers access to BBC TV and radio programmes on-demand. The new beta version will provide access to live audio and radio through a single interface, the current version does not allow BBC’s radio services and on demand television shows to be fully integrated together in the one player.
The BBC iPlayer is a completely unique on-demand service and with it, you are able to get the full range of BBC content. This is much better than when it was first released; now you can get some 250 TV programmes each week for free. The best part of this is you can watch them whenever you want, this beats other services like Sky who want to charge you to record using a Sky box and only give it free if you pay them money for a package.
As the BBC expands and also does other on demand TV services, services like Sky will have to start giving more away for free and it’s only then that they will. It may not seem fair, but until they get any real competition, they will gladly take our money.
You can get a full break down of all the features in the new-look BBC iPlayer 2.0 on this blog, the new software launches in Beta come morning, but the really sad part is about support of any version of the iPlayer.
Yes you can get it on PC and they even made the BBC iPlayer work on the Nintendo Wii, Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, so if all this is possible, what happened to Mac OS X support?
The PC and Mac computers go hand in hand, I have a PC and also a Mac. It’s really strange that we do not have support for iPlayer on Mac but do have it on the iPhone. Would you use the iPlayer on a Mac computer?
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BBC iPlayer: Apple iPhone beta Firefox plug-in security loophole fixed
As one loophole closes, another normally opens but for now the BBC iPlayer Firefox plug-in loophole has been fixed and now you cannot download and save programming DRM-free. It was reported that hackers found the loophole with the Apple iPhone beta version and let iPhone iPlayer users download videos with no copyright protection. Did you notice this loophole?
Apple iPhone and iPod Touch owners can now use BBC iPlayer
March 9, 2008 by Kerry
Filed under Cell Phones, Electronics, Portable Media Players
For those of you who own an Apple iPhone or the iPod Touch you will now be pleased to hear that you will now be able to watch BBC programming on the go with the BBC iPlayer.
The iPhone still cannot stream BBC video over the mobile networks, but it can stream the programming over wi-fi networks. The service is only available now to residents of Britain and works for programs within seven days of broadcast.
Anthony Rose who is head of digital media technologies said that “We started with the iPhone because it is the device most optimised for high quality video. It displays the BBC iPlayer site and BBC programmes nicely. We’re working on making BBC iPlayer available on many more browser-enabled devices over the coming months.”
Have you tried that iPlayer out yet if so what do you think?
BBC iPlayer service to be made available for Apple iPhone, iPod Touch
With over 17 million downloads since the launch of the BBC iPlayer service on Christmas day, there is no denying how popular this download service has become. This service has also helped to increase the Read more
