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[News] ITV Does the DRM Trick, Snubs Linux; Joost Debuts with Linux Plans; YouTube Fights for Video Freedom

GBP20m ITV website revamp

,----[ Quote ]
| "Some are already streaming their channels, some are providing catch-up
| and some building their archive, but ITV.com will provide all three."
| 
| The unveiling of the service comes after final plans for a new service,
| the BBC iPlayer, providing programmes on demand were announced by the
| BBC Trust yesterday.
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http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/technology/s/1005/1005955_20m_itv_website_revamp.html?rss=yes

Joost opens online video service

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| Joost, the on-demand online video service backed by the founders
| of Skype, has launched commercially.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6612199.stm

YouTube fights Viacom legal bid

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| Google has asked a US court to dismiss a $1bn (GBP500m) copyright
| action from entertainment giant Viacom Media, saying it is 
| a threat to the internet.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6613931.stm

There's a conspiracy theory which says that several media companies get
togethertry to kill Internet video because it take away from their revenue.
They already kill Internet radio.


Related:

Joost for Linux -- Amazing PR response...

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| Thanks for your interest in Joost. Yes, a Linux version is planned,
| but the timeline for that is TBD right now.
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http://www.theantiblogger.com/technology/joost-for-linux-amazing-pr-response/


Corporate Fight Against Open Source

,----[ Quote ]
| Remember during the Dot Com boom when sites used to display which
| browser you should use in order to best utilize their website?
| Quaint, annoying and even a little narrow minded. Those of us who
| have been yearning for a blast from the past will be thrilled to
| learn that Wal-Mart is apparently doing this in the year 2007.
| Wait, it gets better...
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http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2468&Itemid=449


BBC plans to lock viewers into Microsoft monopoly says Open Source Consortium

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| The Open Source Consortium (OSC) believes the plans are anti-competitive
| and will use public money to lock viewers into the technologies of
| a repeatedly convicted monopolist.
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http://www.publictechnology.net/article_avantgo.php?sid=7655


Beeb slammed for 'fawning' to Bill Gates 

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| BBC viewers have flooded the corporation with complaints over how it
| covered the launch of Microsoft Vista earlier this week.
| 
| In one cringingly servile interview worthy of Uriah Heep, the
| Beeb's news presenter Hugh Edwards even thanked Gates at the
| end of it, presumably in appreciation at being allowed to give
| the Vole vast coverage for free.
| 
| In other TV news items presenters excitedly explained how Vistac
| ould be obtained and installed - details courtesy of the BBC's
| website.
| 
| But British viewers, currently forced to pay a £131.50 licence
| fee to maintain the BBC's "impartiality", were less than impressed.
| 
| Scores got in touch to complain that so much was Auntie up Bill's
| bum that you could barely see her corset.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37411


http://slated.org/bbc_microsoft_bias


Brits! Act now to save the BBC from Microsoft

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| The BBC are holding an open consultation regarding how they're
| going to delivery on-demand content, they want answers to
| questions like: "How important is it that the proposed seven-day
| catch-up service over the internet is available to consumers who
| are not using Microsoft software?"
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http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/31/brits_act_now_to_sav.html


Beeb breaks out with Windows WMA protection

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| According to a press release from Sonos, the blokes over
| at the Beeb have decided to jump ship for relying on
| Realplayer for web content, and have switched over
| entirely to the Windows-friendly WMA format. Now
| that the BBC has made The Big Switch, BBC radio
| stations will be received automatically for users
| of wireless music and radio provider Sonos.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35282


BBC Looks To Microsoft For Web 2.0

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| However, you don't sign deals or commitments if you're a quasi-autonomous
| Public Corporation operating as a public service broadcaster, as the BBC
| is. BBC Director General Mark Thompson met Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates
| in Seattle on Wednesday to sign the non-exclusive memorandum of
| understanding and discuss the BBC's digital strategy.
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http://www.forbes.com/2006/09/28/bbc-microsoft-internet-cx_cn_0928bbc.html?partner=yahootix
http://tinyurl.com/j5pn7

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