The BBC have recently fully launched their iPlayer to the waiting masses. Well, perhaps not masses, but certainly to the people who have been waiting!
The player, which I was lucky enough to be able to beta test, allows UK viewers to see or repeat the best of BBC programming of the last 7 days. Whilst there is some content missing, the selection is vey good. It has the best bits of BBC One to BBC Four, BBC News 24, BBC News, BBC Parliament and the two children's channels, CBBC and CBeebies. Conspicuous in its absence is the BBC's sports coverage and eviews programmes, but this may be due to licensing issues.
As much as it pains me to say, the site works at its best with Microsoft IE, but as it uses similar technology to YouTube and other video sites, it is accessible from FireFox (for sensible Windows users and Linux users) and Safari (for Mac-ites). Downloading video content is possible for users of Windows XP and Vista, but up to now, streaming online has been good enough for me.
I recommend sitting down for an hour or two and catching up on any PC, sorry, TV, you may have missed this week.
Timmy "real life iPlayer" Magic
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