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silicon.com old school
Comment The fact most viewers, downloading from 48Kbps dial-up links - this was 1998 after all - struggled to view the video was conveniently ignored by all. Digital Blunders This sense of fun filtered out into... [07 Jul 2008]
Ashley Highfield
AS Profile His most notable achievement this year is the long-awaited launch of the BBC's iPlayer, which allows viewers to download Beeb programmes up to seven days after transmission and then watch them for up to 30 days before... [12 Oct 2007]
Ofcom broadcasting review looks to the web
News PSB has a number of purposes - such as informing viewers, stimulating knowledge and learning and representing diversity and alternative viewpoints. With digital switchover rapidly approaching, and... [12 Sep 2007]
Television 2.0 cometh
Comment The biggest technical obstacle is the scalability of the middleware - ensuring the systems are able to handle the loads of millions of viewers simultaneously changing channels and requesting content.... [04 Jul 2007]
BBC iPlayer goes public
News The BBC's aim is to increase the number of iPlayer users in a controlled manner before staging a full marketing launch in the autumn.iPlayer will also offer series stacking on selected programmes, which allows viewers to... [27 Jun 2007]
Verizon unveils live TV service for mobiles
News And Verizon Communications will launch its next generation of Fios TV service, which will allow viewers to search for content and access video, photos and games more easily on all screens in the home. [08 Jan 2007]
Television on a Handheld Receiver - Broadcasting With DVB-H
White Paper The advent of Personal Video Recorders (PVRs), video-on-demand and the multiplication of programme offerings have enabled viewers to personalise the content that they want to watch. And with... [07 Sep 2006]
Cisco eyes video-on-demand buy
News But as consumers get more accustomed to watching television when they want, thanks to TiVo and other digital video recording services, it is likely to be a natural evolution for TV viewers to expect more... [22 Aug 2006]
BT scores broadband Premiership rights
News The matches will be made available on a pay-per-view basis for users of BT's Vision service, without viewers needing to take out a subscription. Subscribers to the service will be able to view digital... [26 May 2006]
Cheat Sheet: IPTV
Cheat Sheet Something which can support an audience of several thousand viewers may never have enjoyed prime-time, mainstream appeal but some company out there may well see IPTV as the opportunity to develop that revenue stream and... [27 Mar 2006]
Sportscasters set for IPTV boom
News Even with a growing number of television channels and a raft of subscription models it is not possible for broadcasters to cater for all viewers' sporting preferences. Major players in the world of sports broadcasting... [24 Mar 2006]
BBC2 goes mad for broadband
News A pilot of the broadband service, pencilled in for 2006, will run concurrently with further trials of the MyBBCPlayer technology which will enable viewers to download and watch BBC content on demand. I... [25 Nov 2005]
Yahoo! and TiVo tie the TV knot
News TiVo's digital video recorders uses hard drives to store large amounts of content and let viewers pause live shows and program their systems to record TV broadcasts and even skip ad... [07 Nov 2005]
Ashley Highfield
AS Profile The MyBBCPlayer device, currently being trialled, will allow viewers to watch content online from the previous week's programming but may have even more users, according to the rumour mill, which... [23 Sep 2005]
Is BBC trumping Hollywood with free video?
Comment As the US-based MPAA moves to crack down on internet users transferring television programmes using peer-to-peer software, the world's largest public broadcaster, the BBC, has announced plans to help its viewers do... [19 May 2005]
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