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carle49 · 07-04-2008, 18:35

I typed in bbciplayer after virginmedia.com and found this web page:-
http://www.virginmedia.com/tvradio/o...-is-coming.php
Just thought it may be a useful insight into what is coming soon.

Matt-08 · 07-04-2008, 18:38

I'm glad it's through the red button and not the stupid CUTV on demands menus

If the BBC are doing it, it's bound to look better than the current VOD menus

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To access BBC iPlayer, go to any BBC channel and press the red button on your remote control.

BBC iPlayer and Virgin TV - making the unmissable unmissable.

CABLEDUDE · 07-04-2008, 18:47

Just checked BBCi and its not there yet so...........

vmchunkymonkey · 07-04-2008, 18:56

I'm thinking maybe from tomorrow or in the next few days

goomba · 07-04-2008, 19:01

Nooooo.....not the red button. Bloomin things hardly works on my box. Hopefully they will put a link through the On Demand button.

Edit - reading that page is all that its really saying is that the iPlayer is coming soon (as normal) and if you want to see what it is like have a look at Catch Up which you can access through red button.

anna42 · 07-04-2008, 19:56

Please excuse me for appearing thick ,laugh if you want,but what difference will there be to normal BBC catchup?

stehayn · 07-04-2008, 19:59

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Originally Posted by anna42

Please excuse me for appearing thick ,laugh if you want,but what difference will there be to normal BBC catchup?

Going from that web page not much.

anna42 · 07-04-2008, 20:01

goomba · 07-04-2008, 20:06

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Originally Posted by anna42

Please excuse me for appearing thick ,laugh if you want,but what difference will there be to normal BBC catchup?

Nobody knows yet.

BB-mega-addict · 07-04-2008, 20:20

At the moment, the Catch Up service on Virgin misses some programmes and it takes them a while to add the programme to the list. With BBC iPlayer, I'm assuming almost all their new programming from the last 7 days will be available to watch almost immediately after they have been broadcast. I'm also guessing it will look similar to the BBC iPlayer on the internet.

icsys · 07-04-2008, 20:22

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Originally Posted by carle49

I typed in bbciplayer after virginmedia.com and found this web page:-
http://www.virginmedia.com/tvradio/o...-is-coming.php
Just thought it may be a useful insight into what is coming soon.

Seeing as there is no physical link to that page from the VM website (well I can't find one), it isn't live yet. Hence the 'coming soon'

OTTONI · 07-04-2008, 20:34

300 hours of content I thought it was going to be more like 500!

goomba · 07-04-2008, 21:15

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Originally Posted by OTTONI

300 hours of content I thought it was going to be more like 500!

You do a search on here and somebody claims it will be 10,000 hours

tommyd1258 · 07-04-2008, 21:19

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Originally Posted by OTTONI

300 hours of content I thought it was going to be more like 500!

It's only however many hours there are on the online version, surely it's going to include all the programmes and not just a few

Chris123 · 07-04-2008, 21:20

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Originally Posted by goomba

Nooooo.....not the red button. Bloomin things hardly works on my box. Hopefully they will put a link through the On Demand button.

Edit - reading that page is all that its really saying is that the iPlayer is coming soon (as normal) and if you want to see what it is like have a look at Catch Up which you can access through red button.

I read the page as saying that it will start off just being available via the red button on a BBC channel but soon it will also be available via the Catch Up TV section of the menus

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We're soon going to be launching BBC iPlayer as part of Catch Up TV on demand but we thought you would like a sneaky peek of what it will be like! So from early April you can tune to any BBC channel, press red and go to BBC iPlayer.

starsailor123 · 08-04-2008, 08:10

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Originally Posted by OTTONI

300 hours of content I thought it was going to be more like 500!

Will have to wait and see but if it is less than available on-line ( and 300 certainly is! ) then it looks more like a tinkering to the catch-up rather than the TV version of the i-player

I hope they have not miss another chance with an expectation met with a "less than" delivery

Come on VM start punching your weight!

iain · 08-04-2008, 08:59

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Originally Posted by goomba

Nobody knows yet.

yes we do.

it'll basically have everything that's on the iPlayer, ie virtually all BBC's content from the last week, as opposed to the far smaller, sometimes hit and miss, selection we currently have.

and it'll have a different UI, with a bit more pink basically.

there's a preview clip kicking around somewhere, probably in the nearby thread on the same subject.

Iain

iain · 08-04-2008, 09:01

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Originally Posted by OTTONI

300 hours of content I thought it was going to be more like 500!

given that the combined broadcast hours of BBC1, 2, 3 and 4 comes to a total of 462 hours, including some duplication, particularly on 3 and 4, you'd be doing well to actually find 500 hours....

Iain

goomba · 08-04-2008, 09:04

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Originally Posted by iain

yes we do.

it'll basically have everything that's on the iPlayer, ie virtually all BBC's content from the last week, as opposed to the far smaller, sometimes hit and miss, selection we currently have.

and it'll have a different UI, with a bit more pink basically.

there's a preview clip kicking around somewhere, probably in the nearby thread on the same subject.

Where did you hear this?

Do you really think its going to be as good as the video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFRW4ZFq-Jo

goomba · 08-04-2008, 09:06

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Originally Posted by iain

given that the combined broadcast hours of BBC1, 2, 3 and 4 comes to a total of 462 hours, including some duplication, particularly on 3 and 4, you'd be doing well to actually find 500 hours....

Add in the radio and their other 4 TV channels.

iain · 08-04-2008, 09:18

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Originally Posted by goomba

Add in the radio and their other 4 TV channels.

yeah - fair enough with the kids stuff.

not so sure about News 24 on catch up tho', or parliament.

anyway - the figure i had in my head actually was 500 hours.

a reasonable thought might be they'll put 300 odd hours up initially, and build it up between any soft launch, and any full launch.

even 300 hours is way more than we have now, and it almost certainly will include all the primetime stuff that most people would be interested in anyway.

Iain

iain · 08-04-2008, 09:23

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Originally Posted by goomba

Where did you hear this?

Do you really think its going to be as good as the video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFRW4ZFq-Jo

yes - i'm expecting the iPlayer on Virgin to look almost exactly like that preview of the iPlayer on Virgin.

why - what are you expecting?

Iain

goomba · 08-04-2008, 09:41

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Originally Posted by iain

not so sure about News 24 on catch up tho', or parliament.

They are on the online iPlayer, so would be surprised if they were left out for VM.

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Originally Posted by iain

yes - i'm expecting the iPlayer on Virgin to look almost exactly like that preview of the iPlayer on Virgin.

why - what are you expecting?

I will be very pleasantly surprised if my cable box can be anywhere near that level of speed, functionality and aesthetics. Maybe I am being pessimistic, but I am expecting something along the lines of what we have now but with more content. I must try to be less cynical though!

iain · 08-04-2008, 09:47

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Originally Posted by goomba

They are on the online iPlayer, so would be surprised if they were left out for VM.

sure - but would you be that gutted if that content was missing initially?

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I will be very pleasantly surprised if my cable box can be anywhere near that level of speed, functionality and aesthetics. Maybe I am being pessimistic, but I am expecting something along the lines of what we have now but with more content. I must try to be less cynical though!

back in the old days of TW, the interactive stuff was hopeless, but these days it's generally pretty good.

on a V+ box, it pretty much is that responsive.

and aesthetics wise, it looks very similar to what we have now, but laid out a bit differently and with different colours.

Iain

goomba · 08-04-2008, 11:37

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Originally Posted by iain

back in the old days of TW, the interactive stuff was hopeless, but these days it's generally pretty good.

xntl has not changed

We don't even get news multiscreen.

07-04-2008, 18:35	#1
carle49 Forum Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: wolverhampton Services: freeview, ex telewest, XL TV, L Broadband Posts: 35	BBC i-player virgin web page I typed in bbciplayer after virginmedia.com and found this web page:- http://www.virginmedia.com/tvradio/o...-is-coming.php Just thought it may be a useful insight into what is coming soon.

07-04-2008, 18:47	#3
CABLEDUDE Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Swansea, United Kingdom Services: Virgin Media VIP, XBOX 360, Wii, and iPod Touch Posts: 888 Blog Entries: 1	Just checked BBCi and its not there yet so...........

07-04-2008, 18:56	#4
vmchunkymonkey Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Services: Virgin Media TV Size L, Broadband Size M and Phone Size M Posts: 277	I'm thinking maybe from tomorrow or in the next few days

07-04-2008, 19:01	#5
goomba Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,151	Nooooo.....not the red button. Bloomin things hardly works on my box. Hopefully they will put a link through the On Demand button. Edit - reading that page is all that its really saying is that the iPlayer is coming soon (as normal) and if you want to see what it is like have a look at Catch Up which you can access through red button.

07-04-2008, 19:56	#6
anna42 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: north essex Posts: 205	Please excuse me for appearing thick ,laugh if you want,but what difference will there be to normal BBC catchup?

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07-04-2008, 20:20	#10
BB-mega-addict Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,562	At the moment, the Catch Up service on Virgin misses some programmes and it takes them a while to add the programme to the list. With BBC iPlayer, I'm assuming almost all their new programming from the last 7 days will be available to watch almost immediately after they have been broadcast. I'm also guessing it will look similar to the BBC iPlayer on the internet.

07-04-2008, 20:34	#12
OTTONI Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Essex Services: V+ ,XL tv, sky movies, Talk XL, BB 10meg, Humax 9200t, FREESAT from sky Posts: 519	300 hours of content I thought it was going to be more like 500!