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Channel 4 launches Video on Demand
Channel 4 are making most of its content available for download for up to 30 days after transmission, but it’s only available for 48 hours after first viewing.
BiBC Comment:
In a recent ICM poll commissioned by BiBC 24 per cent of people questioned prefer buy-to-own movies or content.
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Is Apple’s movie download service destined for failure?
Apple debuted its online store for full-length feature films. Apple will begin selling movies from Disney for use on iPods, computers and televisions.
BiBC Comment:
Apple has led the way with music downloads, but there are other movie download services that have a greater range of choice than Apple’s, and they can be downloaded to a wide range of devices.
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Video download developments show that industry is taking off
BT has signed a deal with Universal Pictures that will enable its broadband users to download movies on the same day as their DVD release. Meanwhile, BBC news is now available in video podcast form – ‘vodcasting’.
BiBC Comment:
The film industry’s move online has showed signs of development, and it is good to see that major players such as Universal and BT are moving things forward. Universal and BT have further exemplified what BiBC has been arguing and demonstrating for the last 9 months – it is plausible for video downloads to be secure and therefore widespread.
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BBC to axe Top of the Pops
After forty-two years, the BBC has decided to axe Top of the Pops as part of the Creative Future review.
BiBC Comment:
For the market that the programmers were aiming at, the BBC could have considered putting the programme on-line. Increasingly people are looking for their music (and buying their music) on-line, and Top of the Pops could surely have found a place on the internet, as a streamed show, download or a podcast.
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Warner brothers to use controversial technology for legal film downloads
Warner Brothers is to start selling film downloads via the Internet. They’ll use the very technology once blamed for helping people swap illegal copies.
BiBC Comment:
It looks like the kickback from the audio desert left by Apple is starting to take effect as the majors attempt to create a pricing structure themselves rather than being 'driven' by the likes of Apple. Warner appears to be hedging its bets though and will probably have to make a decision whether it will go for a direct model or go through 3rd party retailers to sell the products.
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Microsoft unveils original online video deal
Microsoft’s new project called MSN Originals involves Microsoft teaming up with Hollywood production studio Reveille to create unique and exclusive video content to be made available online.
BiBC Comment:
Following on from a string of big name announcements including Universal’s that they would offer films as download-to-own, it seems that firms are finally cottoning on to the idea that visual downloads are a medium set to explode in popularity and will follow in the footsteps of audio downloads.
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