Tim, They can't be paying BBC Worldwide a penny, as it is strictly forbidden by the Communications Act 2003! Brian Butterworth HYPERLINK "http://www.ukfree.tv/"www.ukfree.tv
On 3/29/07, Brian Butterworth <HYPERLINK "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you can stream them on a mobile, it would be useful if they could be provided online in the same format (I mean, that's what you are doing anyway...) Almost, except I imagine the Mobile Phone networks are pobably paying BBC Worldwide a not-inconsiderable amount of money for the rights to broadcast BBC content as part of their 'walled garden' offering - a cost that may or may not be passed on to the customer as a 'pay per view' service. In addition, putting the streams online would make them available *globally*, putting them on mobiles run by UK operators makes them available (for the most part) to the UK citizens who fund the BBC. Note: I'm not saying that this situation is a good thing, but that this is probably the reason why BBC content is available on mobile and not online for the time being. With the exception of a few providers, Mobile data services are closed, non-neutral networks, and, as such are very different from the 'proper' internet. This is probably why traditional 'rights-holders' are so keen on them. Cheers, Tim -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.20/737 - Release Date: 28/03/2007 16:23
