Main BBC channels go live on net

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Main BBC channels go live on net


Viewers can watch any missed shows on the BBC iPlayer for up to a week


BBC shows including EastEnders, Heroes and Never Mind The Buzzcocks will be available to watch live online from next week, the BBC has announced.
BBC One and BBC Two will be streamed live - just as BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC, CBeebies and BBC News are already broadcast on their channel websites.
Director of BBC vision Jana Bennett said this "completes our commitment" to make channels available online.
The live simulcast for both channels will be available from 27 November.
If viewers miss any programmes they will be available for up to a week on the BBC iPlayer.
"From 27 November licence fee payers will be able to watch BBC programmes live wherever they are in the UK on their computers, mobile phones and other portable devices," Ms Bennett said. According to media watchdog Ofcom, the number of people watching TV on the internet has doubled in the last 12 months. In 2006, Channel 4 became the first major UK TV channel to be simulcast on the internet.

Should be handy if a person used a VPN or proxy.

TheDriver

generally you need a UK IP address, how can we get around that?

Fat_Fingers

you can use internet proxy server but generally they are unreliable and not suitable for video. Since you adding extra hops to destination and back to source even if you do get video stream it will be unwatchable due to congestions on the proxy.

redout

I use a VPN and watch BBC iPlayer and Sky player on a regular basis and I am outside the UK ? also watch off the big American sites NBC, ABC, FOX etc and have no problems.

Fat_Fingers

Thats fine but most people might not have access to VPN.

redout

Well thats why you buy access to one off the net ! Lots of websites sell access by the week, month or year. UK one seems to average about £9.99 a month with 50GB download. Just google "UK VPN".

ShoulderChip

ah what a pity.