BBC’s p2p TV player
p2p news / p2pnet:- In May the BBC made its p2p interactive Media Player (iMP) TV player available on a limited basis.
With it, 5,000 people drawn randomly from around the UK could search for programs, filter them by channel, select subtitles and, in for some series, collect and watch episodes that they may otherwise have missed, as it said at the time.
Now it`s available for everyone. In the UK, that is. And it is, of course, kitted up with DRM (Digital Restriction Management)
Be that as it may, head over to the Beeb site here if you`re interested.
But be warned:
Seven days after the programme transmission date the programme file expires (using Digital Rights Management – DRM – software) and users will no longer be able to watch it, says trhe BBC.
DRM also prevents users emailing the files to other computer users or sharing it via disc.
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October 5th, 2005 at 3:57 pm
Are you sure it’s available for everyone. The page you linked said it was still under trials and there was no download of the application available. And yes, I am based in the UK.
October 5th, 2005 at 5:03 pm
Not that I am bothered about the content, but I will get round that DRM if it kills me, wont be the first, and I doubt it will be the last this year!
October 5th, 2005 at 5:40 pm
Not working for me either
October 5th, 2005 at 7:48 pm
The Beeb gives you acess to content you cant acess normaly in a legal manner and you still complain about the DRM Geeez.
October 5th, 2005 at 8:39 pm
yeah I want somone to make a program to remove the DRM so I can have the files longer than 7 days and copy them to dvd
October 5th, 2005 at 8:56 pm
The Trail has just began for the 5000 people, It wont be available to the whole of the uk till early next year, thats if they go ahead with full roll out.
October 5th, 2005 at 9:50 pm
That’s because the BBC is trying to maintain its ability to extort TV Tax from the British public. I seriously hope someone cracks the DRM on this, not just because DRM is scumware, but because it might kill the ‘license fee’ once and for all.
October 5th, 2005 at 10:23 pm
To play devils advocate here I can understand why the BBC has chosen to use DRM .They are running a closed beta and trail of a new distribution medium and to convince the content owners that thier content wont be leaked they have to put DRM on it in the future they may allow of content to be archived by peer to peer .
The BBC is also developing a open source cross platform video codec and a bunch of other open source technologies to dont jump too soon and rember this is a trail of 5000 people .
October 6th, 2005 at 12:47 am
http://www.thomasscott.net/imp-screenshots/
The trial is still closed and limited.
October 6th, 2005 at 12:54 am
Wonder how long it will be before he cracks the DRM and the show are free to be shared anywhere?
October 6th, 2005 at 12:05 pm
I dont DVD would break this one yet becuse the BBC are developing thier own open source cross platform codec called Driac and Jons whole philosphy is based on interoperbility and open source .This is still a limited content trail and cracking it will just ruin any chance of the BBC rolling out such a service .
Its also reported that the Beeb may use Sun’s open DRM becuse they dont own the rights to most of the content they broadcast .There are many open source advocates in the BBC.
October 29th, 2006 at 11:03 pm