| Felim_Doyle |
18-11-2010 14:51 |
Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
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Originally Posted by clinteastman
(Post 35123964)
VM are striking VOD aggreements with most the important players, couple that with the ability to stream web content then you almost don't need to record the content yourself.
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Certainly as things stand with VM's VoD, BBC iPlayer, ITV NetPlayer, 4 on Demand, Demand Five and a whole host of other ways to access programming, you are limited by copyright and contractual restrictions as to what you can watch, and for how long after the original airing date you can watch it. Without a PVR/DVR you can't set up a series to record and then watch it all, on demand, at your leisure, without download delays, for no extra fee.
Whilst I can see chargeable on demand streaming options being available to access some content, archives of every show or movie you ever wanted to see are unlikely to be available on TiVo for the foreseeable future.
That's a long way off being almost no need to record content yourself.
Having said that, I'm not sure what the current legal position is on keeping off-air recordings. IIRC there was a 48 hour limit originally when VCRs were introduced although these days the various on-line players generally allow you to download content for up to 30 days and play it for a week but that doesn't usually include films and certain other programmes.
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
(Post 35123969)
Not all of ITV's channels are covered by the PSB requirement as far as I'm aware, whereas all of BBC's are
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I realise that but I understood that ITV1 was covered and expected that ITV1 HD and the time-shift ITV1 +1 would be too. Wasn't there a big delay in the launch of ITV1 +1 due to advertising competition restrictions compared with the launches of ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 and their time-shift counterparts?
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Originally Posted by mersey70
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Sorry for being facetious in your rolled eyes.
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The rolled eyes were a clue to use them if you are being facetious in order to avoid multiple, lengthy replies to a humorous point. Consider yourself admonished! ;) |
