Archive for the 'Internet TV' Category

Organisational Headaches

I know, I know, this blog has been about television far too much recently. The problem is that at the moment, it’s the only other non-Sidepodcast thing I’m interested in.
ITV hasn’t really featured in my thoughts recently, but now two things have happened that sort of cancel each other out. Let me explain.
The Good […]

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The Proverbial Creek

I have been putting off writing this blog entry for a long time because, well, basically because it means admitting that I watch Dawson’s Creek.
Before you laugh at me, I’m going to tell you a little story.
I used to watch it when it was on originally, I saw the first few series, then it moved […]

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TV of the Future

I was going to write a post about the ITV player, and how it’s new and improved and could start rivalling the iPlayer.
But then Channel 4 released some shows onto iTunes and I forgot about everything else.
The most important thing to note is that I have now given up buying a TV Guide, and I’m […]

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The BBC Love i

First the iPlayer, and now iTunes.
Finally, the BBC have allowed their programmes to be on the iTunes store. It’s only a select few at the moment, and only one that I’m particularly interested in, but this is a revolutionary moment.
I understand that there are limitations and conflicts with the BBC’s charter – they can’t charge […]

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Eating My Words Once Again

I posted recently about the brilliance of the iPlayer and how it had revolutionised by television viewing experience.
Well.
I take it back.
After booting up my laptop today, I opened the iPlayer Download Manager only to find the below message.
Except that is a blatant lie, because I have been quite happily downloading things for the past […]

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The iPlayer Makes My iLife Slightly iBetter

My inaugural post as a somewhat techie blogger must be about the BBC iPlayer. I have been using it for about a week now and I’ve formed some initial impressions.

Firstly, confusion reigned supreme. Back when the iPlayer was announced, I quite obviously checked it out. Having TV accessible via the Internet is something I am […]

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