Comments on: BBC iPlayer: bad, good, then bad again?

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By: watch old shows

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I have the same opinion as yours on this. What you said is true….

By: gareth

gareth — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:16:59 +0000

“don’t fix what isn’t broken” huh? And in 1 year when the ITV/Sky Player or Hulu has launched something clever cue the cries of “Why didn’t the BBC do this with iPlayer – all this money and they didn’t innovate”

Discovering content via friends is a very common thing to do, in a non schedule driven world it’s exactly what the iPlayer should be doing.

By: Phil Wilson

Phil Wilson — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:36:16 +0000

Alan – the delay on the PS3 has been an issue with the version of Flash bundled. The recent firmware update is what’s allowed the iplayer to start working on it!

Barry Collins – Maybe you’d like to credit your sources and make your prose clearer?

It’s only the (rubbish) desktop iplayer tool is being replaced by an Air app. The online streaming version is staying.

Anthony Rose interview: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/12/iplayer_day_anthony_rose_on_ip.html

Guardian interview with Anthony Rose: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/11/interview-anthony-rose-iplayer

Shoddy content, even for a blog post.

By: c6ten

c6ten — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:13:19 +0000

Well I don’t want to get into an argument about whether friends are people who share an interest or just people that you happen to know. But I would make a point about how the BBC haven’t even embraced Web 2.0 (search, tagging, collaboration) properly and now they are talking about yet another social networking scheme. They should build this out gradually like Google do with their apps, rather than churning out great big leaps forward and chucking out the old in the process.

By: Mr Meat

Mr Meat — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:35:33 +0000

Can’t your friends be your search engine for you? presumably they share your interests, it’s not as if you can filter through all the stuff that comes out….

By: c6ten

c6ten — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:09:23 +0000

I agree with the post. Never understood the point of downloading something you only wanted to watch once. Plus I can think of nothing more useless than having somebody recommend something that you’ve already decided not to watch. Recommendations are what a search engine is for, and I recommend the BBC focus their efforts on search and tagging.

By: Mr Meat

Mr Meat — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:51:07 +0000

Both those features sound great to me. I’d love to be notified when a new program I like is out! I’m sure you’d be able to switch off notification if they are a hassle. Also, how many times have you told friends about a really good show and sent them a link to iplayer? Anything that makes it easier to share content can’t really be a hindrance can it? Plus you might be able to see some stuff you wouldn’t have considered otherwise.
I’ve high hopes!

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:28:02 +0000

I’ve just read the iPlayer is now available on the PS3, but considering they made a statement in April claiming the release to PS3 was ‘imminent’, it sure did take them long enough.

I hope this ‘new’ version will be compatible for us console owners!