BBC To Stream Channel Live
Blog Comment You can watch iPlayer content without a licence, as long as it is not "live" content. So the new service as and when it arrives will need a licence, but the current iPlayer doesn't. And the iPlayer FAQs reveal the kind of nonsensical detail that we...
[June 9, 2008, 9:18]
BBC To Stream Channel Live
Blog Comment I do not use the iPlayer, I do not stream audio/video and I do not want to watch TV on my computer. If, in the future, I do watch iPlayer, streaming video or TV on my computer, I also do not want to pay twice for over for the priviledge of the same...
[June 9, 2008, 14:53]
Who's Responsible
Talkback If I do not have a TV or any means of recieving a TV signal and say for instance I watch something via iplayer, do I leagally require a TV licence? Therefore the content provider is in effect charging me to watch the content.
[January 29, 2008, 15:03]
No Licence Is Required To Watch Iplayer In The UK
Talkback News24 via the BBC website, but is not required to watch 'catch up' ITV, or BBC iplayer programmes. A TV Licence is required to watch live broadcasts ie. BBC have stated that the number of people without TV Licences and with High Speed Broadband is...
[March 17, 2008, 10:20]
So *who* Made It *completely* Locked-in To Microsoft?
Talkback What *is* the market for something like the iPlayer? No, by far the bigger market for something like the iPlayer is: If you are at home, where are you going to watch TV? On your Windows(TM) PC, or on your TV?
[July 26, 2007, 9:50]
Precisely!
Talkback And what *is* the market for something like the iPlayer? No, by far the bigger market for something like the iPlayer is: If you are at home, where are you going to watch TV? On your Windows(TM) PC, or on your TV?
[July 25, 2007, 15:56]
Fixed BBC IPlayer Hacked Again
News Speaking to ZDNet.co.uk on Friday, Battley said that he had asked a colleague to use an iPod Touch, combined with a debugging proxy, to watch communications made by a legitimate iPlayer access. Just hours after the BBC said it had fixed the iPlayer...
[March 14, 2008, 16:00]
BBC Launches IPlayer Service For Macs And Linux
News Each week there will be around 250 different programmes available to watch via the iPlayer streaming service for seven days after they are first broadcast. A streaming version of the BBC's iPlayer online TV on-demand service has been launched for...
[December 17, 2007, 7:50]
Adobe Moves To Allay Video Security Fears
News In the wake of repeated hacks to the BBC's iPlayer, security concerns surrounding online video content delivery are high. Adobe Media Player is a customisable desktop player that lets viewers select when and where they watch downloaded or streamed...
[March 19, 2008, 15:52]
Facebook Founder Voted Top Man In Tech
News Reflecting the increasing role of Web 2.0, the BBC's director of future media and technology, Ashley Highfield (5), rose three places, primarily for his work around the iPlayer online TV service. Tony Hallett, editor and site director of silicon...
[October 17, 2007, 16:28]
DRM Pain In The A$$
Talkback I can't play a file legitimatly downloaded from the beeb on my avi/wmv compatible DVD player to watch on my TV because of it. Not everyone has a PC media system connected to their TV's or want to sit a corner to watch a program an a computer screen.
[December 20, 2007, 10:27]
You What?
Talkback iPlayer and 4OD can't use much more than 15-20k/s. I can get 850k/s on my 8mb Sky broadband (IPStream not LLU), so around 50 people would be able to watch different content on my connection alone! Sorry but that's complete garbage.
[January 29, 2008, 22:30]
