BBC red button live streams in HD.

Martin1 · 14/01/12 - 23:51

with the rest of the coverage available on-demand via 24 live high-definition streams accessed via the red button or online.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9004785/London-2012-Olympics-BBC-gears-up-for-the-greatest-show-on-earth.html

Good news for the BBC Sport App which will launch on TiVo this quarter.

I think these 24 live streams in HD will only be on TiVo , Youview , internet Connected TV's and Blu ray players.

gomezz · 15/01/12 - 00:19

I don't.

Martin1 · 15/01/12 - 00:19

gomezz wrote: »

I don't.

I don't what ?

I should point this bit out aswell.

24 BBC internet channels providing HD streaming throughout the Games

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9004785/London-2012-Olympics-BBC-gears-up-for-the-greatest-show-on-earth.html

Also you need to remember it is the BBC Sport App that will have the 24 live streams.

Only Tivo , Youview , internet Connected TVs and Blu rays will have 24 live streams.

All the above are app based systems.

gomezz · 15/01/12 - 00:32

martine93 wrote: »

Also you need to remember it is the BBC Sport App that will have the 24 live streams in HD.

Only Tivo , Youview , internet Connected TVs and Blu rays will have 24 live streams.

Not all online access methods need the app.

Martin1 · 15/01/12 - 00:35

gomezz wrote: »

Not all online access methods need the app.

Can you give me a link to where it says that.

gomezz · 15/01/12 - 00:39

Tell us where the Telegraph got its info and we have a chance of finding that out.

muppetman11 · 15/01/12 - 00:50

So I'll only be able to watch it all day on BBC One HD , via red button , online and cherry picked events on BBC three how will I manage.

gomezz · 15/01/12 - 00:54

TBH even the keenest of sports fans could make do with an hour's highlights per day. Half and hour on a quiet day with no top Brit interest.

Martin1 · 15/01/12 - 00:59

gomezz wrote: »

TBH even the keenest of sports fans could make do with an hour's highlights per day. Half and hour on a quiet day with no top Brit interest.

You have forgot Richard Branson who is the fastest 100 metres runner

gomezz · 15/01/12 - 01:00

Only when squidged down a cable.

[Deleted User] · 18/01/12 - 02:12

gomezz wrote: »

Only when squidged down a cable.

No no... He'd pay for someone else to be squidged down a cable lol :cool:

muppetman11 · 03/04/12 - 12:39

martine93 wrote: »

I don't what ?

I should point this bit out aswell.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9004785/London-2012-Olympics-BBC-gears-up-for-the-greatest-show-on-earth.html

Also you need to remember it is the BBC Sport App that will have the 24 live streams.

Only Tivo , Youview , internet Connected TVs and Blu rays will have 24 live streams.

All the above are app based systems.

You forgot Sky

http://advanced-television.com/index.php/2012/04/03/24-bbc-olympic-channels-on-sky/

Martin1 · 03/04/12 - 13:13

Some News.

UPDATE: We've now heard from Virgin Media who has confirmed that it will be offering all of its TiVo subscribers the 24 live HD streams through the new BBC Sport application we first wrote about at the end of last year. The app will be accessible through the proprietary BBC/TiVo Red Button service, and will aggregate all of the content so that it's selectable from the one place. Individual broadcasts will also be found around the general user interface, such as in "Browse". We've been told that there's already an Olympics folder, for instance.

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/45144/bbc-broadcast-london-olympics-24-hd-channels

Can someone tell me what that part in bold means

mersey70 · 03/04/12 - 20:13

martine93 wrote: »

Some News.

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/45144/bbc-broadcast-london-olympics-24-hd-channels

Can someone tell me what that part in bold means

No idea but the opening post you made suggesting the BBC would only make a service like this associated with the Olympics exclusively available to a platform with only half a million Tivo customers and some other bit players was ludicrous in the first place.

Complete and utter nonsense and clearly always would be.

Technix · 03/04/12 - 22:56

mersey70 wrote: »

No idea but the opening post you made suggesting the BBC would only make a service like this associated with the Olympics exclusively available to a platform with only half a million Tivo customers and some other bit players was ludicrous in the first place.

Complete and utter nonsense and clearly always would be.

I don't think that was even suggested. Until today the BBC were only going to provide the 24 Olympics stream through the internet so what martine wrote at that time wasn't all that far-fetched.

mersey70 · 04/04/12 - 19:44

Technix wrote: »

I don't think that was even suggested. Until today the BBC were only going to provide the 24 Olympics stream through the internet so what martine wrote at that time wasn't all that far-fetched.

I accept at the time there was no confirmation of other platforms having similar coverage but personally I always expected an announcement this content would be far more widely available.

It's BBC content, it's the Olympics and let's face it most HD streaming still isn't a match for linear HDTV broadcasts, certainly not from the iPlayer anyway.

A linear V+ service would be much better than any app, on any device and I hope they get it too.

Martin1 · 04/04/12 - 19:48

It is very likely that Virgin will soon announce an agreement similar to Sky’s. On Tuesday a spokesperson from Virgin said the company was “very much in talks” with the BBC about broadcasting its Olympics coverage.

First article on this link.
http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&sugexp=frgbld&gs_nf=1&cp=34&gs_id=c&xhr=t&q=BBC+signs+Olympics+deal+with+BSkyB&pf=p&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&oq=BBC+signs+Olympics+deal+with+BSkyB&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=a654eb6ee8274c04&biw=1366&bih=574

mersey70 · 04/04/12 - 19:56

martine93 wrote: »

First article on this link.
http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&sugexp=frgbld&gs_nf=1&cp=34&gs_id=c&xhr=t&q=BBC+signs+Olympics+deal+with+BSkyB&pf=p&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&oq=BBC+signs+Olympics+deal+with+BSkyB&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=a654eb6ee8274c04&biw=1366&bih=574

If they do ink a deal on the 24HD/24SD feeds (and I honestly hope they do) wouldn't that make the Tivo app superfluous?

It's arguable linear streams are far more useful (as you can record them) than an app? And given appropriate bandwidth the PQ would be better than iPlayer too.

stuntmaster · 04/04/12 - 20:59

hang on a minute.

What if the app links you to the 24 linear streams?

since the Tivo is app driven.

its how sky sports red button works now

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