Unofficial off-the-top-of-my-head: 11:1 streaming:download. So this means even more pressure for the ISPs (a good thing in my opinion - will speed them up figuring out a viable business model for all these bits to be delivered) - and maybe a little less flak for the BBC for shifting the TBs with iPlayer.
./Matt On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Oeztunali, Sebnem (CT) < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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/ >
