http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/ Engadget Comments for BBC launches iPlayer online video service http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/Apple Legal Team ASSEMBLE!]]>Jul 27th 2007 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/
But the whole "i" branding really shouldn't belong to Apple product. More than anything, "i" just stands for Internet. Like the way "e" stand for electronic. I think Apple's sucess with the iPod, should grant them the only ones to use it to associate their products. I'll admit, the "i" sensation in consumer electronics is hot, but getting annoying. It doesn't even make sense in some products.

Although I've always wondered why e-mail couldn't be i-mail. Considering is it Internet mail. And why the iPod couldn't be called the ePod, because it is really electronic. But things work out I guess.

]]>Jul 27th 2007 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/ www.iplayer.co.uk

"iplayer" has been used for years in France.]]>Jul 27th 2007 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/Jul 27th 2007 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/
You could setup some sort of forwarding I guess, but sounds like a load of hassle when you can just find it all on the 'bay anyway without the DRM...]]>Jul 27th 2007 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/Jul 27th 2007 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/
All nonsense aside though. I think those may be shots from New Zealand warriors/dancers, or perhaps Hawaiian. I really don't know.]]>Jul 27th 2007 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/
For reference the 3 guys are from a show called "last man standing" where a few western "sports men" (e.g. martial arts experts, pro BMX riders etc) go to tribal places in Africa/Asia/South America and see if they can compete with the natives in traditional sports - e.g. mongolian wrestling, running a 50K marathon in sandals in mexico, kick-wrestling somewhere in asia. Its actually pretty interesting show]]>Jul 27th 2007 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/iplayer/]]>Jul 27th 2007 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/Jul 27th 2007 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/Jul 28th 2007 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/
Get together and iron out a standard software for streaming my on/offline content! Better yet, get friendly with Apple and Microsoft's UK offices and have their media players (and others) handle the streams and DRM for us. Then my OS ships with the gear I need to 'go digital'.





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Say you got your wish and could access all that content with the one client, why would you choose that over watching it on TV? If you're in a position where watching the TV really isn't the best option, then 4-5 clients really isn't that much of hurdle is it.

And as for the standard client, that isn't ever going to happen as far as i can see it. The problem being advertising.]]>Jul 27th 2007 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/Jul 27th 2007 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/Jul 27th 2007 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/Jul 27th 2007 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/
As for the inconvenience, this is supposed to complement my TV set, not take it over. Chances are I'd just use my DVR Freeview box and watch the content whenever I wanted without restrictions and limitations anyway. However, when away from home, it would be great if my license fee entitlement included the option to fire up Media Player/iTunes/VLC etc... and dial in to get my latest fix of 'Heroes', 'Top Gear' or 'The Gadget Show'.]]>Jul 27th 2007 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/Jul 27th 2007 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/
1/ The BBC pride themselves on being cutting edge and full of creative individuals yet they can't come up with a unique original brand for the new service. iPlayer is so clearly stolen from Apples naming that it makes me mad to think someone probably got paid to come up with 'iPlayer'... It shows no imagination or creativity at all. Irony no1 is they probably did it to relate to the young tech-savvy generation.... who will see through it instantly. Which leads on to......

2/ The fact that they have stolen the 'i' branding from Apple yet the player doesn't support the originators operating system.

Its about time the Beeb stood up. Even Americans are making better programs than them now too!!]]>Jul 27th 2007 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/
Mark could have said "since the creation of Life on Earth" with slightly more, though mischievous, accuracy.]]>Jul 27th 2007 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/
Will it be available in America on Mac OS X in time for the Doctor Who Christmas Special "Ship of the Damned" and the second season of Torchwood (though, I would actually like to see the FIRST season of Torchwood....)?

Focus, people, FOCUS!]]>Jul 27th 2007 11:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/I tried with a couple of different email addresses as i got no reply to my first.
Looking round a few forums it would seem no one has had a reply.
After all the hype i think they've made a right mess of the launch,everyone i know expected to get home from work hit the link download the software and start using it,they could have made it clear that you had to "apply" to join the beta test and would then be invited at some point in the future.
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This is ridiculous - this isnt a "launch" - this is a semi closed beta test. I too was exepecting that I would just be able to download the app and get going on the 27th like it seemed to promise. In fact I saw the iPlayer pages last week and they were the same as they are now so how is this "launch" on the 27th any different to the service offered last week?

Come on BBC - pull your finger out and give us access to the content we pay for. ]]>Jul 29th 2007 4:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/
But seriously, pay your license...]]>Jul 28th 2007 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/Its a nice idea make everything available online, but using the client is a painful experience and putting DRM on is the final nail in the coffin. The content is produced using Britsh licence payers money(in the UK if you own a TV you have to pay a licence fee currently £131 approx. $260 a year).
In my opinion the british people who pay their licence fee should get the content free from DRM(i dont think it will ever happpen), or at the very least let us access the content without using their client software.]]>Jul 30th 2007 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/27/bbc-launches-iplayer-online-video-service/Aug 3rd 2007 12:08PM