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Nov 18
2010

Posted by richard

Unbelievable! One of the best sites on the ‘net right now, is fubar!

I went to the BBC iPlayer site, looking for some good programs, searched for one, got a 500 error, then a 404 error, then clicked on a link in a list of available programs and got the same thing!

Went to the homepage, and the list of TV programs is now absolutely gone with this error:

The TV Channels schedule list is temporarily unavailable due to a technical problem.

Fabulous! Now I suppose I’ll have to do some work.

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Jun 3
2010

Posted by richard

Not a bad job at all on the iPlayer redesign. Currently it’s still in Beta, but I think it’s a real improvement on the one currently there, and that one wasn’t too bad either. Not sure if people not from the UK can see it, but it has sliding panels left/right that you can use to navigate categories.

I suppose that with the news that they’re integrating it all with social media (twitter et al) and allowing other networks’ content to be played on there, they had to do it for ease of use. As good a time as any!

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May 10
2009

Posted by richard

About a year ago I really started to use the BBC iPlayer a lot, it was a good tool at the right time (and if they’re not stupid, they’ll keep it free and expand it).

I tried out Channel 4′s 4oD service at the same time and all they had was this download that made me sign all these digital rights certificates, and basically I thought that it was not for me and I stopped installing it.

I went there yesterday and found they’d changed it. Now you can view their programs on their website for free, and only require the software for programs older than 30 days. Good idea, well done Channel 4. You understand where digital media is going, and you’re on the forefront of the expansion.

I wonder though, is this just for the UK? When I was in the US three years ago, the BBC iPlayer wasn’t available for non-UK people, and I always thought that that was a mistake. I know that for example, NBC programming isn’t available for me, but always thought it a shame. Charging people outside a host nation a minute amount for an episode of a program seems fair, and would probably push that media outlet to the top.

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