Internet TV battle hots up…with Apple sidelined

June 27th, 2007 by Wendy McAuliffe

The BBC’s development of its on-demand internet TV catch-up service has been plagued with delays…until now. This morning the broadcaster announced that it was bringing forward the launch of its iPlayer, to 27 July.

The service will give broadband users free access to TV and radio programmes that the BBC has broadcast over the previous seven days. Uers will also be able to download programmes and save them on their computers for up to 30 days.

The phrase ‘content is king’ is still very true for the UK’s evolution of internet TV, but at the moment the market looks very fragmented. The BBC is apparently talking to potential distribution partners including MSN, Telegraph.co.uk, AOL, Tiscali, Yahoo, Myspace, Bebo and Blinkx. Interestingly, the iPlayer service will not be available on Apple computers at launch.

The plot thickens. I’m feeling a bit sorry for my computer at the moment, having to handle video content from a range of different players and services. I was thinking about going all Apple until I heard this!

                              

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