The BBC is bringing the download version of the iPlayer (as opposed to the streaming video version) to Mac and Linux users by using Adobe’s AIR cross platform technology. AIR allows flash type content delivery in a standalone executable outside the web browser and will also provide the Digital Rights Management (DRM) required to time-limit
Over the course of this year ISPs have seen peak demands on their networks with the BBC iPlayer traffic surging at the time of the Olympics and the US Election.
Next week the potential bandwidth demand moves into a new phase with the launch of live BBC1 & 2 programming “for licence payers” as discussed in
After defending the proposed Kangaroo multi-channel IPTV catch-up service to the Competition Commission, Ashleigh Highfield has resigned to join Microsoft.
The chief executive’s departure will come as a major blow to the proposed online television service for which the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are hoping to get clearance from the Competition Commission. Highfield, who had
BBC engineers have used the lull after frenzied downloading and streaming of the Olympics to fix a bug with iPlayer that was causing BT Home Hubs and O2 and Be wireless routers to reset.
The annoying bug was believed to be a problem in the BBC’s encoding of the system that was affecting wireless routes using
The BBC is changing a number of aspects of their iPlayer TV and Radio service. Originally conceived as a download “catch up” service using P2P services it is now largely used in streaming mode, no doubt reflecting the technical ability and attention span of the viewing population.
The changes include a new “high quality” option which
The BBC News site recently discussed the concept of communities left out of plans for “superfast broadband” to take the initiative and set up their own infrastructure.
A potential scheme in Cumbria will build on the wireless Cybermoor project and is looking to install a fibre based system with help from the Community Broadband Network -
In the same week that BBC Radio One and the Guardian put out an appeal to hear from UK web users who had received a letter from Virgin Media warning of illegal file downloading on their account (with tips on how to avoid it), the American courts took a far more draconian stance on privacy.
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Kangaroo, the television catch-up and video on demand service being jointly developed by the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 has been referred to the Competition Commission by the Office of Fair Trading.
The Competition Commission (CC) now has a 24 week period to look in to the online television service which will now not debut this
YouTube is synonymous with amateur shaky footage of high school pranks and skateboarding dogs but that might be about to change, at least partially; and that could cause a headache for ISPs.
The famous video site has recently given its content partners, the companies which launch a channel on YouTube, the green light to exceed its
The BBC News website reports criticism by analyst Ian Fogg that BT Openreach’s forthcoming fibre trial at Ebbsfleet will be “too slow”. He opines that a trial should use the fastest technology available.
BT are of course trialling the product they plan to launch as opposed to running trials on the fibre technology itself. Their FTTH
This summer is going to see a lot of records smashed and not just on the Olympic race track. Like most sports in the digital age, the Beijing games will be simulcast on television and broadband, leading most experts to predict audience figures will shoot through the proverbial roof and test broadband networks to the
The BBC news website is offering a broadband speed test and an interactive mapping facility at bbc.co.uk.
Unfortunately their instant speedtest appears to give very low results, for example around 2Mbps when Thinkbroadband reports 7Mbps on the same connection, and there will be some potential bias in respondents being self selected rather than a representative cross