Having to go fishing for your fish & chips (ok, I'm not very good with metaphors - big deal ;)
Anyway, Amazon's streaming now, too: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/technology/17amazon.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=amazon&st=cse&oref=slogin "...It will also let users buy a TV show or movie without actually downloading the video file to the PC's hard drive..." I believe this is the single viable option, and is true to the antything-anytime-anywhere-goes potential of the Internet and let's you forget about vendor lock-in due to DRM. (P2P-)Downloading is yesterday's beer. How long does it take to get a show with iPlayer? Are there any numbers comparing the flash version and the iPlayer client usage? All the best, Sebnem P.S. for the P2P-at-heart among you: I am specualting that Amazon's streaming makes use of P2P technology (as well as their EC2 and S3: http://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2007/10/amazons_dynamo.html ) Mit freundlichen Grüßen Sebnem Öztunali Siemens AG Corporate Technology Intelligent Autonomous Systems CT IC 6 Otto-Hahn-Ring 6 81739 München Tel.: +49 (89) 636-44127 Fax: +49 (89) 636-41423 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Siemens Aktiengesellschaft: Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Gerhard Cromme; Vorstand: Peter Löscher, Vorsitzender; Wolfgang Dehen, Heinrich Hiesinger, Joe Kaeser, Jim Reid-Anderson, Hermann Requardt, Siegfried Russwurm, Peter Y. Solmssen; Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin und München; Registergericht: Berlin Charlottenburg, HRB 12300, München, HRB 6684; WEEE-Reg.-Nr. DE 23691322 - 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/
