>From a user perspective viewing content in this way is great, it provides >another source of viewing; more importantly online. I would think from a >broadcaster perspective there is a sense of split view on the subject. >Broadcasting the stations as is gives them an extra level of exposure, not to >mention the advertisers too. Although from a content owner perspective there >is the age old issues about copyright. I personally think that it will be the >rights owners that will have the biggest say in whether Zattoo should continue >in their current model, rather than the broadcasters pushing for change.
________________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 May 2008 14:35 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Zattoo - live streaming BBC channels On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://zattoo.com/ > > http://informitv.com/articles/2008/05/09/zattooclaimscopyright/ > > "Zattoo, which is now offering live online streams of the leading British > terrestrial television channels, is claiming it has the right to do so under > the United Kingdom Copyright Act. Zattoo says it "operates strictly > legitimately on the basis of agreements with broadcasters and the copyright > law" but the British broadcasters say they have no agreements with the > streaming startup company. The law seems ambiguous at best." Interesting stuff. I can see how retransmission is a good thing but only through the right channels - i.e. if I were to provide content to the BBC or ITV, I would like it to be transmitted professionally and with a good level of quality. Any views on this? - 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/ - 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/
