BBC's iPlayer

[adam]

The much hyped BBC's iPlayer will be launched on 27th this month. The IPTV service of BBC will allow you to download popular BBC programmes via internet seven days after broadcast.

Presently iPlayer will work only on Microsoft Windows OS and if you are a MAC user you need to wait a few months to watch BBC channels on your PC.

BBC says, iPlayer will be available on YouTube, MSN, Bebo, and Facebook by the end of the year. There is a long list of new features waiting to be added in iPlayer in due course. BBC Radio Player, live streaming of programmes and television soaps are some examples

A word of caution: As watching TV broadcast on PC consumes enormous bandwidth, those who have monthly caps should see they don't exceed their monthly download limits.

[saubryn]

Sounds like a nice service for people who forget to video stuff all the time

I just hope this isn't the first step towards the rumoured 'if you have a net connection, you need a TV license' thing.

Hopefully the increase in streaming TV may encourage ISPs to reconsider stupid miniscule caps.

[hazephase]

Its great for people that are online and don't spend any time watching TV we can get intouch with the videos while we surf the net , the world we live in is changing