this post from the BBC Internet Blog may be of interest: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/02/p2p_next.html
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Andy Sent: Mon 25/02/2008 12:42 PM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: [backstage] Internet TV standard Hi all, Just found this on BBC news. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7259339.stm >From the article: > The European Union is spending 14m euros (£10.5m) to create a standard > way to send TV via the net. Also form the article: > It will be based on the BitTorrent technology many people already use to > share movies and music. Isn't that the same technology the BBC rejected? Nice to see BBC rejecting the cross-platform, EU recommended, technically superior, cheaper, better tested protocol in favour of Kontiki (what did Kontiki have as a good point?). Andy -- Computers are like air conditioners. Both stop working, if you open windows. -- Adam Heath - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
