BBC on the Web

[khaosworks]

Okay, I know how much people hate Realplayer, but there's a reason to get it now. The BBC is now steaming BBC One, BBC Two, BBC 4 and BBC News 24 on the web.

BBC1: http://support.bbc.co.uk/multicast/rams/uni/bbc1.ram
BBC2: http://support.bbc.co.uk/multicast/rams/uni/bbc2.ram
BBC4: http://support.bbc.co.uk/multicast/rams/uni/video16.ram
BBC News 24: http://support.bbc.co.uk/multicast/rams/uni/news24.ram

Just add those URLs to your Realplayer Favorites, or download the .ram files and play them from your local drive. The quality is pretty good... well, it is now, but I'm not sure how good it'll be when a billion people are stampeding over their servers, but for now it's pretty sweet.

You know what this means, of course. Those of us outside the UK can now watch Doctor Who live. Edited to add: According to the BBC, some content will not be available to overseas viewers because of rights issues, so we may not get Doctor Who after all...

Still, more reason (as if I needed it) to run on UK time. BBC America, bah!

(for the BBC OEM version of RealPlayer as mentioned by mactavish below, click here.)

Comments

re: the Beeb

[drewshi.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this. Have they also streamed BBC Three? It would be cool to watch Doctor Who Confidential after watching Dalek today.

Re: the Beeb

[khaosworks.livejournal.com]

Not that I am aware.