Actually, all major TV stations in South Korea have been offering download service for years.. MBC,, SBS, KBS.. too bad most of the programme are in Korean. and there is a website , afreeca.com, where you can broadcast your own contents via internet for free.
Nice to see a major broadcasting company stepping up to the plate. I was not aware of South Korea offering download service or Danish public TV (not surprising).
It always takes one advernturous group to get the ball rolling and refine what all the other will jump on soon enough.
Whether or not they support Mac or Linux doesn’t seem to be too important yet (I’m a Mac user) but rather that they may actually slowly push some of the other giants to doing it as well. Eventually we need cross-platform stuff, but I’m just glad to see that somebody is making a move. I’m really surprised that someone like MTV doesn’t do something like this…partnering with MySpace or some other high-class website. Seems like it would be very successful with their target audience.
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January 31st, 2007 at 8:25 pm
Let’s wait and see what happends!
January 31st, 2007 at 8:42 pm
I’m impressed!
January 31st, 2007 at 9:15 pm
I hope BBCs move becomes a precedent for future Internet TV services.
January 31st, 2007 at 9:46 pm
Actually, all major TV stations in South Korea have been offering download service for years.. MBC,, SBS, KBS.. too bad most of the programme are in Korean. and there is a website , afreeca.com, where you can broadcast your own contents via internet for free.
February 1st, 2007 at 5:59 am
Well, Danish public TV (dr.dk - also w/o advertising) has been doing this for almost a year now in 1 Mbit/s quality.
February 1st, 2007 at 6:49 am
Nice to see a major broadcasting company stepping up to the plate. I was not aware of South Korea offering download service or Danish public TV (not surprising).
It always takes one advernturous group to get the ball rolling and refine what all the other will jump on soon enough.
Great post!
February 1st, 2007 at 10:44 am
Sounds good, but it probably will turn out to be Windows only. If they support Mac and Linux, great - otherwise, not so much.
February 1st, 2007 at 2:33 pm
Whether or not they support Mac or Linux doesn’t seem to be too important yet (I’m a Mac user) but rather that they may actually slowly push some of the other giants to doing it as well. Eventually we need cross-platform stuff, but I’m just glad to see that somebody is making a move. I’m really surprised that someone like MTV doesn’t do something like this…partnering with MySpace or some other high-class website. Seems like it would be very successful with their target audience.
John
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