On Monday 25 February 2008 12:42, Andy wrote: > Hi all, > > Just found this on BBC news. > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7259339.stm > > >From the article: > > The European Union is spending 14m euros (£10.5m) to create a standard > > way to send TV via the net. > > Also form the article: > > It will be based on the BitTorrent technology many people already use to > > share movies and music. > > Isn't that the same technology the BBC rejected? > Nice to see BBC rejecting the cross-platform, EU recommended, > technically superior, cheaper, better tested protocol in favour of > Kontiki (what did Kontiki have as a good point?).
from - http://www.pioneer.co.uk/uk/content/press/news/p2pnext.html """ P2P-Next, a pan-European conglomerate of 21 industrial partners, media content providers and research institutions .. The partners, including the BBC, Delft University of Technology, the European Broadcasting Union, Lancaster University, Markenfilm, Pioneer Digital Design Centre Ltd, and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, intend to develop a Europe-wide "next-generation" Internet television distribution system, based on P2P and social interaction. """ Jumping to conclusions is often a bad idea. Repeatedly doing so, even more so. Michael. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
