IPTVision > BBC iPlayer: free TV, radio programme downloads on demand - have your say, deadline 5pm Wednesday 28 March

http://consumingexperience.blogspot.com [A Consuming Experience] sociability (TV watching is often a social or family activity: talking about how hot that actor/,actress is, how cool that goal/jacket).The BBC needs to ensure that iPlayer will be as home hub friendly as possibly, though I appreciate they're not in the business of producing suitable hardware themselves. If the BBC want to extend audience reach, it's important that they make iPlayer as compatible as possible with home hubs and non-"all in one" or multifunction products which may be less sophisticated, variously known as digital media receivers or digital multimedia receivers, digital media adapters (DMA), digital media centers, multimedia players, digital entertainers, wireless media players or wireless multimedia players, wireless multimedia links etc - not to mention the much heralded Slingcatcher, Apple iTV and so on.

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[Networkblog.itproportal.com] Network Watch » Blog Archive » BBC iPlayer could make or break Beeb: Mark Thompson, BBC’s Director General, has confirmed that 150 staff is working on the BBC iPlayer and that the project could potentially decide of the corporation’s future. The submission period will end in about three weeks and Ofcom, the sector’s regulatory body, is expected to deliver its findings by mid December.

[Barnesdmd.co.uk] barnesdmd.co.uk - Blog: When I originally wrote my paper, media companies were starting to explore P2P as a delivery medium, the BBC and others mentioned below have indeed started to make significant moves in this area which will push its impact in the legal arena. However, despite the best efforts of the MPAA and others, the piratebay and other torrent search engines appear to be catering for an ever increasing user base, whilst DRM (discussed below) and maintaining copyright is important the method it is employed makes the consumer feel like a criminal and will in my view only prolong the use of illegal torrents.

[Engadgethd.com] Evesham releases iplayer IPTV set-top box - Engadget HD: UK firm Evesham has released the iplayer high-definition media center for £299 (584 USD), which can tune in over the air HD signals as well as download podcasts, IPTV, and pay-per-view Top Up content from the internet. The 80GB hard drive provides PVR functionality with recording and playback for timeshifting your media, and Media Player Connect for streaming to any PCs on the network.

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