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by Richard McKinnon at 12:24AM (PDT) on August 28, 2005 | Permanent Link | Cosmos

The BBC has announced that it's going to pipe its programs through the Internet from next year. Plus, send them to cellphones. The Beeb woke up with Dr Who. An episode "leaked" to the net. The net went crazy for it. Hmmm, BBC bigwigs think, missing out here.Today, live TV on the net is a mixed bag . Still, I watched the last two Australian election nights via ABC Broadband. Throw in cellphone calls and it was as good as being there.

Live net TV is only possible now because so many people have switched to broadband. But the cascade is beginning. Verizon is bringing fiber optics into the American neighborhoods this year..They already sell multi-channel TV (satellite). But a great new fast pipe, a software interface, maybe Tivo a big screen and I'm ready to watch all the world's images; live local and network TV, (here and anywhere over there) podcasts, internet channels, video on demand, movie downloads; all via the net.

Take Rugby enthusiasts. Worldwide, a sizable audience. Jujitsu lovers. Maybe bigger. Displaced Armenians. Or Iranians. Could there be a business case for any dispersed interest group to have channels/sites only carried by the net? Sure.

Pay per view, pay per program, pay by month. One studio. Somewhere. And we're all reached by the net. Thanks BBC for proving the business case.

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Re: BBC TV to the internet

by Chris Gilbey on Mon 29 Aug 2005 08:18 AM EST | Profile | Permanent Link

The opportunity to create and deliver programming to micro markets is a fascinating one. Particularly with the use of Bit Torrent to distribute.

Its kind of like the Long Tail.... turns the 80/20 rule upside down.

I remember meeting an Indian lawyer several years ago who was tying up electronic rights for all the in ground signage for Indian cricket grounds. His rationale was that there is a phenomenally wealthy ex-pat Indian population that is cricket starved in the US, and that the electronic ad rights are extremely valuable. Wonder if he did it?

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