I common theme of my blog is is the road map to the future of Video on the net. In short, the use and implementation of proprietary processes and set top boxes is going nowhere fast. I have also referenced the BBC as an example of an organisation who actually “GETS IT”. Their latest developments [...]
Entries Tagged as 'IPTV'
BBC shows how standards based online video = Mass adoption
April 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Apple · IPTV · Microsoft · Sony · Standards
Flash DRM, a disappointing implementation.
March 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Recently Adobe released “Flash Media Rights Management Server“. More details have come to light, and unfortunately it is not good. Follow this link for a good overview of the latest development in the Flash DRM. Unfortunately Adobe appears to have lost the plot here. The details regarding FMRMS are a strange departure from what appeared [...]
Tags: Adobe · DRM · flash · flex · IPTV
FREE digital Media = DRM
March 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Recently Chris Anderson of Wired was interview by Charlie Rose. This was one of the better Tech interview I have seen this year. (Direct link to Charlie Rose and it Comments page) It was to promote Chris Anderson’s new book on “Free!” in which he lays down the reasons why the future on much of [...]
Tags: DRM · google · IPTV · Microsoft · P2P
Blu-Ray in Xbox360. Of course.
February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
In Jan this year, I posted to some blogs that I expected Blu-Ray on the Xbox360 before the end of the year. I like making predictions especially when they come true as my June post on Blu-Ray winning, and now Xbox-going Blue-ray. See this article about rumours of Blu-Ray for the Xbox. Still, I want [...]
P2P following HTTP and ftp… About time.
February 20th, 2008 · No Comments
Following up from a post a while back called: Evolution of file copy. “cp”, “ftp”, “http”, “p2p” A new project in the EU has been setup between a number of educational and corporate entities to give birth to the next big open standard Internet protocol. I.e. an open standard P2P protocol. This is great news [...]
Tags: Development · IPTV · P2P · Standards