18 May, 2005

BBC evolution

BBC announced that they would start an experimental service which enables people to watch and listen their programmmes in the BBC website in September. With this service, people will be able to enjoy programmes, which they miss.

The experiment will last for three months, providing 5,000 people with the BBC Interactive Media Player, which can download and record the programmes.

But there is, of course, something like copyright issues. To deal with them, BBC regulates the system - the programmes, which viewers obtain, will not play again after a week has passed. In other words, the programmes are to be broadcast within the last seven days. (There still seems to be more to be done for copyright issues, though.)

I'm very excited to hear this news, but unfortunately, BBC haven't announced that they will offer this service to overseas viewers yet.

» BBC News | BBC moves ahead with TV downloads

Moreover, another evolution. BBC will soon introduce the new generation of weather graphics.

» BBC | Clearer Weather from the BBC
» BBC News | BBC defends new weather forecasts

So I think this series of developments in the television sector, closely related to the Internet, should be advanced. And I hope BBC will bring many interesting BBC programmes, including the Office, Little Britain, Newsnight, etc, to us - those who do not have access to them like someone living outside the UK.

It's been long since a phrase - Linkage between TV and the Internet - started to be spotlighted in Japan. But what has been done? What does NHK do for it? How about Fuji TV? And Livedoor?

Just look at the BBC. They do what Japanese TV stations and others have to do. Respect BBC.