BBC Iplayer Version 3.0 Links To Other Live Internet TV Services - By: Paddy Chang

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Not content with having the greatest catch up tv player around, the BBC are now to incorporate other channels into the service. So any searches on the BBC site for shows broadcast elsewhere will guide the viewer to a rival catch up service.
The search features along with many other improvments all come in the release of iPlayer 3.0 coming in the next few weeks. The BBC have already announced a social networking integration of iplayer with Facebook and Twitter, plus instant messaging chat from Microsoft. The BBC will also recommend shows based on your viewing habits. Viewers are also able to schedule shows for download, so a series can be saved to your pc.
Although it may seem a strange decision to link out to rivals, the BBC have commited to double the number of links to other websites. They can afford to though as the iPlayer is a much bigger success than rival catch-up TV services.
The BBC iplayer currently runs on pretty much every set-top box, console and mobile phone. We think its a great move as the sooner there is a single source for all online tv services, the sooner we can give our mice a rest.

You may have heard all the fuss surrounding the launch of Google TV and wondered what all the fuss is about. The fact is that because Google (who are currently the most recognised brand in the world) are entering the tv market, they will have cable providers worried, although previous online tv pretenders have been squashed. Google are a threat that will not just go away and could revolutionise the way you consume media.
The difference with Google’s android platform is that it is open source, which will encourage partners to jump aboard and start developing. Already Google havent done too badly with both Sony and Logitech involved at the launch. Logitech’s Google TV box communicates with your cable or satellite provider’s box to pull in its information and display it using the Android interface. Sony will install the software in all new web enabled tv sets.
So where is the threat to cable? Well for a start, viewers who purchase a Google Smart TV box for a single one off payment or a new TV with Google TV built in, no longer need to pay an extra monthly fee but still have a mass of choices on offer.
New Google TV buyers may ditch cable because their viewing needs could be met with internet video and tv available through the Google TV platform. Already many disgruntled cable viewers are thinking about cutting back their pay TV subscriptions, which could have cable companies wetting their expensive subscription paid for pants.
Of course cable companies argue that as soon as a subscriber leaves, another joins up. But Google TV could be a much bigger test of cable subscribers convictions. Already Comcast chief has admitted worrying about the online tv threat.
Whatever the impact Google have on your tv set, you can bet that watching tv in five years will be a whole different experience to the one your having now.

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