On 09/04/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bit of luck you didn't move to where I live There is not digital
anything here (not TV or DAB).
It's 99.9% likely that there is Freesat though!
http://www.freesat.co.uk/home.php
And it's always worth a try...
Yep, am waiting for freesat to launch as there is no digi signal on our
transmitter until 2012. Though freesat wont give me radio reception ;-(
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Sent: 09 April 2008 07:44
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Then you have GCap pulling out of DAB, the two stations closing down
(including Planet Rock, sniff)
Planet Rock has had a reprive whilst they discuss sale options - and
Global (who are taking over Gcap) are apparently more DAB friendly.
Plus my Dad prefers Radio 4 on FM because it
Andrew Bowden wrote:
However when you have sizable audience bases, it's extremely difficult
just to turn something off because something better has come along
because people don't want to go out and buy new equipment. Such big
switch-offs are rare
If we were to ditch everything and start
After declaring an obvious interest, I have to say that stating GCap is
pulling out of DAB is somewhat of a very large exaggeration.
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Mr I Forrester wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/03/bbc_highfield_isp_threat/
The saga continues courtesy of the Reg.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/09/bbc_tiscali_iplayer/
(BBC vs ISPs: Bandwidth row escalates as Tiscali wades in)
ISPs seem to be upset by the idea they should
In case anyone hasn't seen the news:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7338344.stm
Discuss.
Andy
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On 09/04/2008, Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In case anyone hasn't seen the news:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7338344.stm
Discuss.
I believe you can install GNU+Linux on a Wii, and then you can use the
MPEG4 streams to watch iPlayer content with free software on a Wii.
The
On 09/04/2008, Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In case anyone hasn't seen the news:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7338344.stm
I was interested in this bit:
It is only available in the UK to licence-fee payers.
Presumably that isn't what Huggers said, and has been journo-ified?
Peter
In case anyone hasn't seen the news:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7338344.stm
LOL, my GF sent this to me almost as soon as the news release came
out! she wants this so badly!
It says... Early versions of the service will be available from 9
April but more polished software will
Anthony Rose has blogged about this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/04/bbc_iplayer_on_wii.html
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy
Sent: 09 April 2008 15:05
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Subject: [backstage] iPlayer in Wii
Dave Crossland wrote:
The BBC-vs-ISP bandwidth issue could be resolved by the BBC dropping
DRM so that the ISPs can cache the data.
The ISPs who are anticipating financial hardship are more concerned with the
cost of bandwidth between their network and home ADSL users, and _not_ between
their
On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Dave Crossland wrote:
On 09/04/2008, Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In case anyone hasn't seen the news:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7338344.stm
Discuss.
I believe you can install GNU+Linux on a Wii, and then you can use the
MPEG4 streams to watch iPlayer
Have you read the weasel words about Traffic Shaping aka Fair Usage on the
Tiscali web site, they are quite a hoot.
Rupert
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Sent: 09 April 2008 14:33
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Subject: Re:
On 09/04/2008, David McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dave Crossland wrote:
The BBC-vs-ISP bandwidth issue could be resolved by the BBC dropping
DRM so that the ISPs can cache the data.
The ISPs who are anticipating financial hardship are more concerned with the
cost of bandwidth
On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Andy wrote:
In case anyone hasn't seen the news:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7338344.stm
My officemate just asked me if it worked on the PS3, as it also runs flash
7. I suspect the answer is no, but that shouldn't be much work on the
beeb's side.
The thing
Some interesting responses guys, thanks for humouring me :) Contrary to how
it may seem occasionally, ;) I don't try to post stuff to here simply to
ruffle feathers (I find it absolutely fascinating to enter in to these kinds
of conversations with people actually involved in the broadcast
Andy,Great post.
It could be boiled down to one word: 'Phorm' (or Phormography as it should
be known).
ISPs want you to pay, then they want to sell you to the highest bidder, then
they want to cap you, then they want to shape your traffic.
But they don't want to tell you.
Don't let them Phorm you.
Oh that's it. I need a wii now!
The javascript fun you can have with wiis is awesome. I had a little
hack around with them before (oddly within iplayerlist). Its all on
the opera website.
Think I might have to pursue this a little further.
On 9 Apr 2008, at 15:04, Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am not a civil or public servant (at least not yet), which allows me
to make the false proposition, that I can tell Tiscali how to run their
business (the advice is free).
For example it turns out that Sky are already offering ADSL2+
with their max product 16Mb/s unlimited (still subject to
Hi guys,
does anyone else get a 502 error when trying to post to Justin Web's blog:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/justinwebb/2008/04/letting_it_all_out.html#commentsanchor
Times of London indeed... he's gone all colonial ;p
Vijay.
On 09/04/2008, Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oh that's it. I need a wii now!
The javascript fun you can have with wiis is awesome. I had a little hack
around with them before (oddly within iplayerlist). Its all on the opera
website.
Think I might have to pursue this a little further.
vijay,
I guess it is fixed now.. I get these perfectly.
Perhaps it's the CIA?
On 09/04/2008, vijay chopra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi guys,
does anyone else get a 502 error when trying to post to Justin Web's blog:
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