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The iPlayer is here
The BBC reckons it's the future of television - Mark Thomson, the director-general, says he wants a significant proportion of all BBC watching to come through it in future. The iPlayer is the BBC's attempt at a 21st-century way to distribute programmes.
The idea is that, instead of (or in addition to) watching the conventional channels, you can download the software and watch anything from the last seven days, by downloading it - legally, and for free.
It's a fascinating idea, but it hasn't convinced everybody. Although the BBC are well ahead of the rest of the TV companies in internet terms. Apart from Channel 4, no-one else has a decent working system for getting programmes out over the net.
The player is still in beta testing, but you can give it a try at the BBC site.
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I installed the BBC Iplayer, at first I thought what a good idea, but the software used too much resources, and it took a long time to download the programme I wanted to see.
I decided the best thing to do was to uninstall it immediately
posted-by Stuart Ashcroft | August 2, 2007 6:38 PM
I attempted to install the BBC iPlayer beta, but with no success. I accessed the message boards, which are full of people who cannot install the setup files. So I have uninstalled everything until they release a more successful version.
posted-by David Elliott | August 4, 2007 10:45 AM