iPlayer take-up 120,000 in a week
BBC iPlayer: 'ready for prime time'
More than 120,000 people have downloaded the BBC's new web TV tool the iPlayer since it launched one week ago.
A spokesperson for the BBC said that 105,000 accounts for the beta version of the player had been activated, with the remainder due to go live this weekend.
The BBC estimates that 500,000 people will download the iPlayer in the first six months and that it will account for more than 11% of catch-up and simulcast TV viewing by 2011.
Channel 4 expects its own on-demand web TV service, 4oD, will soon have more than 500,000 users.
The channel's service has so far recorded 2.5m unique users and 20m downloads of shows since the launch in December 2006.
Jeff Richards, vice president of digital content services at Verisign, the technology firm behind both services, told MediaGuardian that the iPlayer was in development for 2.5 years.
"The iPlayer is well beyond beta and ready for prime time," he said.
"It has had more creative thinking and more thought put into it than any other similar product and is one of the most advanced platforms of its kind."
Verisign uses Kontiki, a peer to peer (P2P) technology, Kontiki to power the iPlayer and 4oD.
"P2P has certain connotations in the industry. But then they realise why people are illegally using P2P - the answer is that it is the most advanced, sophisticated and efficient way to distribute content if done legitimately with digital rights management," Mr Richards said.
Over time, the iPlayer could be modified to allow users to embed video, he added.
Regards Satdude. :thum:
BBC iPlayer: 'ready for prime time'
More than 120,000 people have downloaded the BBC's new web TV tool the iPlayer since it launched one week ago.
A spokesperson for the BBC said that 105,000 accounts for the beta version of the player had been activated, with the remainder due to go live this weekend.
The BBC estimates that 500,000 people will download the iPlayer in the first six months and that it will account for more than 11% of catch-up and simulcast TV viewing by 2011.
Channel 4 expects its own on-demand web TV service, 4oD, will soon have more than 500,000 users.
The channel's service has so far recorded 2.5m unique users and 20m downloads of shows since the launch in December 2006.
Jeff Richards, vice president of digital content services at Verisign, the technology firm behind both services, told MediaGuardian that the iPlayer was in development for 2.5 years.
"The iPlayer is well beyond beta and ready for prime time," he said.
"It has had more creative thinking and more thought put into it than any other similar product and is one of the most advanced platforms of its kind."
Verisign uses Kontiki, a peer to peer (P2P) technology, Kontiki to power the iPlayer and 4oD.
"P2P has certain connotations in the industry. But then they realise why people are illegally using P2P - the answer is that it is the most advanced, sophisticated and efficient way to distribute content if done legitimately with digital rights management," Mr Richards said.
Over time, the iPlayer could be modified to allow users to embed video, he added.
Regards Satdude. :thum: