The BBC has come up with a plan to extend the use of its much used IPlayer which enable people to watch most of its TV programs on demand once they have been shown on live TV. It works well though my own PC is already groaning under the pressure of running HD TV streams which are very processor heavy.
The new plan is to extend the the I Player so that other TV companies such as Independent TV and Channel Four or Five can also stream their progs on it. Most people are in favour of this except of course (step forwared the Dirty Digger) Rupert Murdoch the well known Right Wing Neocon Politicians with extensive interests in all kinds of Meda. His Sky TV in the UK has already achieved his stated target of 10 million users which rivals the Free View System which also has 10 million users. A number of other suppliers and ISPs also survice another two ro three million viewers and toegether this accounts for the majority of the digital market.
Mr Dirty is already whinging of course which he usually does whenever anything is suggested which might threaten his monopoly, especially if it is more left wing than his own org which of course, everything else is. My own view is that his sky service other than for sports fanatics is actually a crock of shit and most of us can manage perfectly well without it. The BBC may have a number of faults, who doesn't/ but it does also provide a wide range of good programmes which far surpasses in quality and diversity, anything that Mr Dirty can muster.
I wish the BBC good luck with its new sharing of video platforms proposal, it will make it easier for those who might other wise find it technically or finanacially difficult to set up streams and replays for the on demand market. And if it gives Mr Crappy a hard time, i would regard it as a welcome bonus. The new service provisionally known as "Canvas" coult begin as early as the New Year.
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