Posted in: News, Web TV Stations and BBC by Andrew Macarthy on July 30, 2007

5 People Are Speaking Their Mind


  1. […] YouTube Contact the Webmaster Link to Article microsoft windows BBC iPlayer Beta Launches Today | Service Criticised Over Reliability and Late Arrival » Posted at Web TV Wire » The Business of Internet Television and Video on Monday, July 30, 2007 This article contains copywritten material. Please click on the "View Original Article" link below to view the article on the author’s site. View Original Article » […]

  2. […] YouTube Contact the Webmaster Link to Article open source BBC iPlayer Beta Launches Today | Service Criticised Over Reliability and Late Arrival » Posted at Web TV Wire » The Business of Internet Television and Video on Monday, July 30, 2007 This article contains copywritten material. Please click on the "View Original Article" link below to view the article on the author’s site. View Original Article » […]

  3. […] This includes Zune Marketplace Downloads, Walmart Downloads, Amazon UnBox, BBC iPlayer files and even your local library file downloads. […]

  4. […] BBC iPlayer Popularity Causes UK ISPs Concern Posted in: News, Web TV Stations, Video on Demand, Broadband Video Companies and BBC by Clayton Moulynox It’s been reported that some of the UK’s major ISPs are threatening to shape network traffic generated by the BBC’s iPlayer as their concerns grow that hundreds of thousands of users will put a huge strain on their broadband networks. There’s a suggestion that some of the ISP’s, including Tiscali, BT and Carphone Warehouse, would welcome the BBC contributing funds, presumably to assist with network upgrades, which would then circumvent the need to limit bandwidth. Representatives from BT and Tiscali both acknowledged that this was a very real and current debate between ISPs and the BBC. The Internet Service Providers Association has also been dragged in to the debate, but is yet to provide a united front for the ISPs. The iPlayer allows viewers to download about 60% of the BBC’s weekly TV schedule on a seven day catch-up basis. […]

  5. […] When the iPlayer was originally announced and released in a public beta last year, the BBC were criticised for only offering the service to people using Windows based operating systems. […]

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