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BBC 'online TV' trials
Posted by: eusty on Saturday, October 01, 2005 - 09:00 AM
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Back in May we
reported on the BBC's plans to launch an online media player to allow
broadband users to view many of it's programmes. Trials of it's iMP
(integrated Media Player) have now started with 5,000 users chosen from the
30,000 which had applied to take part in the trials. The iMP allows people to
catch up TV and radio through the internet for seven days after the original
broadcast, although digital rights management software (DRM) deletes the
programmes after seven days and also prevents users sharing the data.
| "This response has been fantastic. There was a sense from the
first technical trial, that a catch up TV and radio service would be
extremely popular with people. This has been confirmed in these
numbers; the public have been quick to realise the possibilities
that iMP will bring them. It has the potential to truly
revolutionise the way that people watch and listen to programmes." |
| Tony Ageh, BBC Controller Internet |
Following the trails it will be left to the BBC Board of Governors to make a decision on
whether to approve iMP for a full roll out.
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