[backstage] Eddie Mair wants you to mashup their audience geodata

2007-12-12 Thread Mr I Forrester
Hi All, I've put a blog post explain in full the details of the Radio 4's PM programmes call for audience postcodes. - http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2007/12/eddie_mair_of_b.html But I also wanted to make sure you all knew that the data set created from this data will be released

AW: [backstage] The next big thing in ipTV

2007-12-12 Thread Oeztunali, Sebnem
You could have clicked the about page for example to read about their monetization concepts for broadcasters - it is basically for broadcasters that do not have the resources inhouse to build a very expensive player and see how it works out... The company is 2 years old. They have more than 8

[backstage] DVB-H and DVB reviews MHP patent policy

2007-12-12 Thread Brian Butterworth
Couple of interesting bits... http://informitv.com/articles/2007/11/30/dvbreviewspatent/ and http://informitv.com/articles/2007/11/30/euendorsesdvbh/

Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-12 Thread Dave Crossland
On 12/12/2007, Tom Loosemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: asta la vista DRM debate I wouldn't be so sure about that; isn't there DRM in Flash video streaming too? - does it work with gnash, i wonder? It doesn't work, although a black to white gradient is rendered and that's it, so it doesn't

Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-12 Thread Tom Loosemore
On 12/12/2007, Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/12/2007, Tom Loosemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: asta la vista DRM debate I wouldn't be so sure about that; isn't there DRM in Flash video streaming too? sorry - you're right - flash streaming using flash media server can be

Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-12 Thread Dave Crossland
On 12/12/2007, Tom Loosemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/12/2007, Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/12/2007, Tom Loosemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: asta la vista DRM debate I wouldn't be so sure about that; isn't there DRM in Flash video streaming too? sorry -

Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-12 Thread Sean DALY
DRM is central to Adobe's pitch to broadcasters: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6558979.stm http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200712/120407adobefms3.html - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

[backstage] iPlayer and TV Anytime Feeds

2007-12-12 Thread Adam Leach
Hi, With the annoucement that iPlayer is apparently going live on Christmas day, are there any plans to provide links to the programs on iPlayer in the TV-Anytime data feeds. Adam - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-12 Thread Tom Loosemore
asta la vista DRM debate I wouldn't be so sure about that; isn't there DRM in Flash video streaming too? sorry - you're right - flash streaming using flash media server can be DRM'd Is the Flash iPlayer using flash media server with the DRM turned on? I dunno - given Flash

Re: [backstage] iPlayer and TV Anytime Feeds

2007-12-12 Thread Jonathan Tweed
On 13 Dec 2007, at 00:10, Adam Leach wrote: With the annoucement that iPlayer is apparently going live on Christmas day, are there any plans to provide links to the programs on iPlayer in the TV-Anytime data feeds. I really wish I had good news for you here. I'm *still* scraping the

Re: AW: [backstage] The next big thing in ipTV

2007-12-12 Thread Frank Wales
Oeztunali, Sebnem wrote: You could have clicked the about page for example to read about their monetization concepts for broadcasters - I did. After removing vacuous phrases such as 'monetization concepts', I managed to boil it down to the question: Is it just lower-cost live streaming for

RE: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-12 Thread Christopher Woods
Well well, this was snuck out, wasn't it! The first I knew was when Iain (housemate) rushed into my room earlier and loudly announced that he'd 'gotten his wish', because as a mac user all he's ever wanted to do is stream the iplayer content to watch then and there (he doesn't want to download

Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-12 Thread Dave Crossland
On 13/12/2007, Tom Loosemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: asta la vista DRM debate I wouldn't be so sure about that; isn't there DRM in Flash video streaming too? sorry - you're right - flash streaming using flash media server can be DRM'd Is the Flash iPlayer using flash media