Re: [backstage] Internet TV standard

2008-02-26 Thread Neil McNaughton
I thought that this report might be of interest to backstage - actually it comes from an oil and gas industry data management conference that we covered last year - but the Avatar-m project appears to have BBC support too... Avatar-m Project – Charlotte Norlund, University of Southampton IT

Re: [backstage] Internet TV standard

2008-02-26 Thread Brian Butterworth
To misquote Vince Cable, "'I am tempted to say that I *told you so*; but the issue is too important for that", and "that when Microsoft's fat bill for advising on the iPlayer arrives at the BBC, Highfield should send it back with a note saying he had received "rather higher-quality *advice* * free

RE: [backstage] Internet TV standard

2008-02-26 Thread Christopher Woods
> url ? As mentioned by Nick Reynolds from the FM&T team, http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/02/p2p_next.html - 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: htt

Re: [backstage] Internet TV standard

2008-02-26 Thread Steve Jolly
Christopher Woods wrote: Hat-tip also to the marvellously geeky bod at the Beeb for the inclusion of the Archimedes reference on the BBC Internet blog. Took me back to when I first got my A3000 :) There was one on my BBC Micro too, IIRC... :-) S - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion gr

RE: [backstage] Internet TV standard

2008-02-25 Thread Fearghas McKay
At 02:24 + 26/2/08, Christopher Woods wrote: >Hat-tip also to the marvellously geeky bod at the Beeb for the inclusion of >the Archimedes reference on the BBC Internet blog. Took me back to when I >first got my A3000 :) url ? f - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To

RE: [backstage] Internet TV standard

2008-02-25 Thread Christopher Woods
Oh, and projects like Livestation and P2P Next. Competition, but not necessarily in the same arenas (public vs. private initially... Whose idea will spread to both? This is going to be exciting). Hat-tip also to the marvellously geeky bod at the Beeb for the inclusion of the Archimedes reference o

RE: [backstage] Internet TV standard

2008-02-25 Thread Christopher Woods
> After hearing that bbc wordwide is to sell shows on itunes, > the whole iplayer keeps all the bbc stuff together argument, > seems to be breaking up into little bits of hypocrisy. I'm just waiting for my [EMAIL PROTECTED] iTunes login to drop into my Inbox so I can download all of these shows

Re: [backstage] Internet TV standard

2008-02-25 Thread Tim Dobson
Andy wrote: On 25/02/2008, Nick Reynolds-FM&T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: it's never going to replace the BBC's consumer offerings (e.g. iPlayer); from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/02/p2p_next.html So the BBC is going to assist in building a cross-platform open standard system

Re: [backstage] Internet TV standard

2008-02-25 Thread Andy
On 25/02/2008, Nick Reynolds-FM&T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > this post from the BBC Internet Blog may be of interest: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/02/p2p_next.html Great, I got my hopes up for nothing! > it's never going to > replace the BBC's consumer offerings (e.g. iPlay

Re: [backstage] Internet TV standard

2008-02-25 Thread Michael Sparks
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: >

RE: [backstage] Internet TV standard

2008-02-25 Thread
this post from the BBC Internet Blog may be of interest: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/02/p2p_next.html From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Andy Sent: Mon 25/02/2008 12:42 PM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: [backstage] Internet TV standard