BBC and Online Television such as the iPlayer service
The BBC iPlayer service is currently free to all residents of the United Kingdom. But should the BBC start charging now that the service has proved its worth and kick started the online television sector in the U.K.? Ashley Highfield, thinks so.
Ashley Highfield?
Who is Ashley Highfield? Only the man who as director of future media and technology at the BBC did more than anyone else to push the iPlayer through from being a mere concept to a reality.
Highfield left the BBC shortly after the iPlayer launched to become managing director of consumer and online at Microsoft U.K. While there he has helped launch the MSN Video Player, which quite frankly pails into insignificance against the iPlayer.

BSkyB is giving one hand while taking with the other, or at least trying to take with the other. While Sky News is now available for anyone to watch for free online, BSkyB is busy putting the boot into the BBC over its plans for Project Canvas.
It looks as though BBC Worldwide is planning an overseas video on demand service which could be branded as the global iPlayer that has long been rumored and hoped for. The only problem is it won’t be free, and in fact, it could be rather expensive.
The PS3 is a brilliant games console. The BBC iPlayer is a brilliant catch-up television service.
Online video is becoming a very mainstream, must-have part of daily life for millions of people. Especially in the U.K. Which means Web TV is becoming a driving force behind the take up of fast Broadband services.
Project Kangaroo has been dead for a while now, but the technology, infrastructure, and branding were all up for sale. Orange 