Moving away from the legal wrangles for a moment, I must say I'm not too impressed with the quality of their streams... Looking at my PC's network usage zattoo is using three times as much bandwith (admittedly some will be upstream) than the FLV stream of News 24 (sorry, News Channel) we're running tests on currently (beta stream coming to news.bbc.co.uk soonish), but actually looks worse - lots of blocking & buffering. My PC is rather old, but the connection's not too bad - getting around 5Mbps currently.
Rich. On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The relevant part of the Copyrights and Patents Act 1988 (as Amended) is > here: > > http://www.jenkins.eu/copyright-(statutes)(1)/part-1-copyright-.asp#s73<http://www.jenkins.eu/copyright-%28statutes%29%281%29/part-1-copyright-.asp#s73> > > It all boils down to the definition of 'cable' and 're-transmission by > cable'. Interestingly the Act does not say 're-broadcast' by cable, it > doesn't say it has to be in a partciular format (DVB-S or analogue PAL, for > example) and does not state that it has to be a 'broadcast' (many to one) > just a 're-tranmission'. > > It also says that 'ee-transmission by cable include the transmission of > microwave energy between terrestrial fixed points' which seems to cover > wireless internet in my book... > > 2008/5/13 Robin Cramp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > From a user perspective viewing content in this way is great, it > > provides another source of viewing; more importantly online. I would think > > from a broadcaster perspective there is a sense of split view on the > > subject. Broadcasting the stations as is gives them an extra level of > > exposure, not to mention the advertisers too. Although from a content owner > > perspective there is the age old issues about copyright. I personally think > > that it will be the rights owners that will have the biggest say in whether > > Zattoo should continue in their current model, rather than the broadcasters > > pushing for change. > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of Matt Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 13 May 2008 14:35 > > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > > Subject: Re: [backstage] Zattoo - live streaming BBC channels > > > > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Brian Butterworth > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://zattoo.com/ > > > > > > http://informitv.com/articles/2008/05/09/zattooclaimscopyright/ > > > > > > "Zattoo, which is now offering live online streams of the leading > > British > > > terrestrial television channels, is claiming it has the right to do so > > under > > > the United Kingdom Copyright Act. Zattoo says it "operates strictly > > > legitimately on the basis of agreements with broadcasters and the > > copyright > > > law" but the British broadcasters say they have no agreements with the > > > streaming startup company. The law seems ambiguous at best." > > > > > > Interesting stuff. I can see how retransmission is a good thing but > > only through the right channels - i.e. if I were to provide content to > > the BBC or ITV, I would like it to be transmitted professionally and > > with a good level of quality. > > > > Any views on this? > > - > > 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/ > > > > - > > 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/ > > > > > > -- > Please email me back if you need any more help. > > Brian Butterworth > > http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover > advice, since 2002
