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Re: Five UK Internet TV offerings compared

Yuriy Batyuchok — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:58:22 -0000

I watch online tv on http://tvipe.com
Talked to their admin recently - he is in process of creating video on demand category, so soon we will be able to watch movies online.

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Watch-man — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:00:51 -0000

Very good list of free site for watch tv online, thanks !

I also use http://www.yourtvonline.net for watch uk channels from canada

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David — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:52:20 -0000

One solid way to access BBC's iplayer and other blocked online content is via a uk vpn account.
All your traffic gets tunneled through that vpn and you will not appear non-uk based anymore.

You can then try getting a vpn acount to be able to watch bbc outside the uk .

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ahmed — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:31:03 -0000

internet tv is a very good option. u can multitask using this i.e browse nd watch tv at the same time. cool comparisons

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bry — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:32:29 -0000

Cool review of UK sites. We in the US also watch quite a bit of BBC . http://www.fantasy-tv.com has a lot of channels for free including UK ones

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Nicola — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:37:01 -0000

It's only a matter of time before all television is on the internet and available worldwide, surely this can be the only way to combat video piracy and downloading sites?

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jim — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:24:00 -0000

This site is pretty cool. It has a good selection of free TV and Video from around the world.

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liam — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:18:45 -0000

Hi could any1 give me a website that i can watch all uk channels. like bb1, itv and channel etc. thanks.

Could you write back with 1.

Re: Five UK Internet TV offerings compared

Alecu — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:55:39 -0000

Watch over 800 free Live TV's channels with sport, movies, news, music, fashion, entertainment, adult content and many more... at http://www.TVchannelsFREE.com

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gunnard — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:11:58 -0000

http://www.dontwatchme.com

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dpomic — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:47:12 -0000

Hi Ryan,

Thanks for your response. Have you tried Radeo Internet Player (or UK preferenced RadioCentre Player) yet?

The organisation by Stations, Shows and Episodes and the personalisation—presets, interests, playlists, histories, share and news emails—makes it much easier to find, play, and manage your preferences across the BBC (and the rest of the world). I think far beyond the BBC visible horizon.

Streaming is the easy alternative for those that don't want the hassles, risks and costs of download and p2p.

The Radeo Internet Player
More than 10,000 Stations, 20,000 Shows, and 800,000 Episodes—
Broadcasts, Webcasts, and Podcasts Worldwide—Audio and Video.
www.radeo.net

Best,
DP

Re: Five UK Internet TV offerings compared

Pete White — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:52:11 -0000

Nice roundup - I will have to give Sky Anytime a go, i've been pretty disappointed with 4OD so far with its slow interface and annoying expiration times.

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The Rant Man — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 03:19:22 -0000

Interesting article. This serves to illustrate that the technology is still immature.

To miss out Linux users is unforgivable and ultimately will be an expensive mistake. If the current trend of OEM manufacturers selling Linux based PC's as an alternative to Windoze continues, the revolution really is coming. Cross platform is a must these days.

The programmes aren't of broadcast quality, far from it. You must install peer to peer software, hidden files and folders that many PC users will know nothing about and DRM. It is sneaky and intrusive.

The Rant Man

Re: Five UK Internet TV offerings compared

OSS — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:04:52 -0000

The major problem I have with all of the services is that the resolution/bitrate they use is simply too low. Often the programs aren't even viewable in full screen because they appear too pixelated.

As Niko pointed out, it is far easier to download a "pirated" copy of the programme. They often have higher resolution and higher bitrate.

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Hob Monday — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:22:50 -0000

Its the content suppliers/owners that insist on the DRM standards and license their output to the broadcasters for the UK market only. Without enforcing these restrictions the broadcasters couldn't provide the service within the terms of their license. Now there is an argument than the Beeb also owns a lot of its content and so could be more generous than say Sky or Channel 4 who license most of their ouput from external production sources but since the license payers are entierly UK based it would seem a little unfair if the rest of the world could get Auntie's output free.

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subcorpus — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:02:06 -0000

looking forward for the day when these will be available outside UK ...

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Tiscalli broadband — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:15:29 -0000

I think that for the people who live in the UK the best IPTV application so far is Zattoo - you can watch BBC1-5 + News, Sky News and couple of european channels as well. The application is slick and quality good.

http://zattoo.com/

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Steve O'Hear (editor) — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:06:16 -0000

@Ben

There must be a platform agnostic DRM out there. I believe Jaman, which offers paid-for downloads, is Mac and PC compatible, for example. Apple not licensing its DRM is only relevant to any discussion around the iPod/iPhone. So, yes, it's poor play by Channel4, BBC and the rest, who've all bought into Microsoft's Windows Media solution.

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Niko GTA — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:04:38 -0000

Let's do a quick overview, the majority of those censor any non-Uk citizens from watching it. What if you're an ex-pat or a foreign national with citizenship.. that aside, there's the fact that they're using hideous DRM technology to prevent people from pulling the video off the IPTV stream. Geographic limitations and DRM are not a viable way to offer iptv to consumers.

So the options are slim, but you can still catch some of these TV offerings like BBC elsewhere.

http://www.joost.com - watch bbc new videos
http://www.freetube.us.tc - watch BBC, Sky and ITV live
http://www.tv-links.co.uk/1/ - catch shows like British shows like coupling, office
http://www.peekvids.com - mirror of tv shows
http://www.thepiratebay.org... - torrents for tv shows (higher quality then any of the above)

Re: Five UK Internet TV offerings compared

William Donelson — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:04:24 -0000

Keep in mind that the Sky+ box's connection to the internet is probably a very low bps system, maybe even as low as 28k bps dialup-style...

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Ben — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:59:31 -0000

I emailed Channel 4 about the Windows only situation, and they sent me a stock reply, cut-ant-pasted from their website about Apple not licensing their DRM to anyone, so they couldn't serve content to Macs. It's disappointing, but actually now I'm not so sure about 4OD. Looking at the software, it seems that it stores downloaded programmes, and then uses your machine as a node to allow other users to download the content from you as a peer-to-peer system, which isn't mentioned.

http://therantman.wordpress...

Also, I filled in the BBC survey about TV on demand, and as a Linux and Mac OS X user; I made the point that the BBC should be platform agnostic, as we are all license payers.

Seems that the first consideration every time is DRM - which again proves that it is *not* in the end-users' best interests.

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greebowarrior — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:41:41 -0000

iPlayer also uses Kontiki

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Stefan — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:24:06 -0000

There're BBC fans outside the uk also. What do they get? BBC world news service and that's it. We want the good stuff also. Why can't we get it?

Re: Five UK Internet TV offerings compared

Ryan Jarrett — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:35:45 -0000

Dpomic, you are right, there will be no radio player built into the iPlayer on launch but it will be included soon. And as far as I'm aware the Radio Player will still be available after it is integrated into iPlayer.

I'm not suggesting the iPlayer will be the best way to watch TV on the net, just critiquing what is (or will be) available. There may be more features in the final launch release than is in the current Beta than have been publicised so maybe on Friday we can debate the features missing from the iPlayer!