Archive for August, 2007
« Previous EntriesZattoo - Missing Something
Thursday, August 30th, 2007The number of IPTV operators knows no boundaries. There is a significant amount of activity, a lot of which is starting to focus on live (linear) TV relay. The model is of a P2P based application that rebroadcasts existing TV signals to subscribers on the internet. “The Slingbox without the box” isthe analogy most often […]
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Veoh: Different Approach, Same Goal
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Joost and the BBC’s iPlayer have hogged many of the headlines around IPTV in recent months. These two high profile IPTV platforms work in markedly different ways to the point where they are almost mutually exclusive. I was critical of the iPlayer’s lack of streaming functionality while Joost is also struggling for content because of […]
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Is there a Wizard at Ofcom?
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007Or is that a dunce’s hat they are wearing?
Do Ofcom Have a Clue?The most subjective point that I made in my recent iPlayer series, and in particular in my article on The Regsiter, was that Ofcom know what they are doing. I have had a fair amount of feedback along the lines of the following:
“Ofcom […]
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Did Burch Jump?
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007“He’s leaving for family and personal reasons” - really? With immediate effect?
I suppose it is just possible that a close family relative has suddenly been taken very ill and needs the now former Virgin Media CEO Steve Burch at their bedside for a prolonged period of recovery. I suppose that it is just possible, but […]
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WiTV
Monday, August 20th, 2007A hat tip to WebTVWire entrepreneur Chris Tew for his exclusive scoop on WiTV that was picked up in a number of places including Mashable and TechDigest. It seems that we have yet another name to add to the growing list of companies trying to become the IPTV Operating System.
What is it that everyone is […]
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Unlimited* Broadband
Thursday, August 16th, 2007Suddenly everyone is a power user. I bet you didn’t see that coming…
Wakey Wakey!The iPlayer is a wake up call because we can all now see the beginnings of the final product. ISPs have known about it for years - the market estimates have been openly shared - but perhaps because the development process and […]
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Offcuts and Afterthoughts
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007When you write to a word limit, as I did in my iPlayer Politics piece for The Register, there is often a fair amount that hits the cutting room floor. This article is going to pick up on a few of those themes and tries to answer an excellent question I received on the piece.
The […]
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Dear Regulars
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007I’m not ignoring you, I promise. It was summer last week and it was also my son’s birthday so I took him to the Emirates Stadium (it was Arsenal’s members day). There are some elements in my children’s education that I won’t leave to chance and this is one of them
Then on Thursday […]
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iPlayer Conclusions
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007Of course, any conclusions now are based on the current beta so if you are looking back on this article in a year’s time, don’t be surprised to find that what I say is now horribly out of date.
The BBC’s service is very limited. It is riddled with compromises which detract from the end result […]
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Arootz: One to Watch
Monday, August 6th, 2007Sometimes, you see something so elegant and simple, you wonder why no-one thought of it before. An old colleague and regular visitor to this blog contacted me the other day to advise me to check out Arootz - and I’m very pleased he did.
A Relative UnknownI wish I could claim an exclusive, but I can’t. […]
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iPlayer Technology Review
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007The last article described the iPlayer’s service elements. My conclusion was that because it is tied to the PC and yet it lacks social networking, it misses the mark in a number of ways. In its current guise, it will be a niche application in spite of the wealth of content on offer. There is […]
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