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yo_john117 on 24 August 2011

Well Skype is a given at this point.

I do hope the BBC player will be available for the US (with no extra fee) Then I could watch Dr. Who!



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welshbloke on 24 August 2011

I would expect a UK and Outside UK approach. I was under the impression an International version (Paid for) of iPlayer was already on the cards.

I do not see a problem if the iPlayer is part of the Silver account or Gold or why this would make me question why I pay for Gold at all. After all just having a Silver service at all should make you question that by that reasoning.

The BBC have choosen to interprete the rules with regards to Gold access because as Kowenicki pointed out the Internet is not necessarily free (Although it can be).



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Mistershine on 24 August 2011
yo_john117 said:
Well Skype is a given at this point.

I do hope the BBC player will be available for the US (with no extra fee) Then I could watch Dr. Who!


LOL, you're funny.



Mordred11 on 24 August 2011

I never understood what's so special about Skype.-__-



Munkeh111 on 24 August 2011
Mistershine said:
Seece said:
BBC CAN'T budge, so I dunno what Microsoft are expecting, better to have it than not have it at all MS??

Anyway the Dashbboard is early september isn't it? Not christmas!


True. BBC is not allowed to be behind a paywall in the UK, but they could make it free for UK users and gold only for EU/US, allowing an extra revenue stream for the BBC so they can keep F1. :)

If only... I have Sky but I love BBC converage so much

It is really about time, it is built into most TVs now and most blu-ray players, so the Xbox is kind of lagging behind in this respect. I don't really care about skype, but I suppose with Kinect is could be vaguely useful even though I only use Skype for text based chat



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sully1311 on 24 August 2011
brendude13 said:
Skype was a given...I am shocked at how it wasn't on there in the first place.

As for BBC iPlayer, I hope it runs through an actual app, not through a crappy web browser like on the PS3.

I would check it again if I were you. It's a proper app now with HD support!



yo_john117 on 24 August 2011
Mistershine said:
yo_john117 said:
Well Skype is a given at this point.

I do hope the BBC player will be available for the US (with no extra fee) Then I could watch Dr. Who!


LOL, you're funny.

Dang it -_-



Reasonable on 24 August 2011
kowenicki said:
Seece said:
kowenicki said:
Mistershine said:
Seece said:
BBC CAN'T budge, so I dunno what Microsoft are expecting, better to have it than not have it at all MS??

Anyway the Dashbboard is early september isn't it? Not christmas!


True. BBC is not allowed to be behind a paywall in the UK, but they could make it free for UK users and gold only for EU/US, allowing an extra revenue stream for the BBC so they can keep F1. :)

which is odd when you think about it.... is the internet free now...? how else do you access BBC iPlayer?

I read discussions about trying to charge a license feee for online, dunno how it would work exactly. But I don't think Iplayer or anything is available outside the UK.


That already exists, I think.   I had a license questionnaire when I set up my business asking if anyone would be accessing web based TV.  If I had answered yes then a license was required.

I answered no.....

But that wasnt the point I was making really... you cant access the BBC online unless you have paid for an internet connection... whats the difference? 


The BBC doesn't view your ISP as a paywall, that's the difference.  They see ISP as a general fee covering use of infrastructure rather than a paywall- I guess a poor analogy is they see the ISP fee as similar to paying for a TV to watch their programs with.  Live Gold they do see as a genuine paywall and therefore they can't support it.

TBH so far as I know the BBC simply can't cut any slack here.  MS would need to either allow everyone with a 360 and an internet connection access, hence making iPlayer unique on the 360, or have come up with something very cunning positioning of how iPlayer would be accessed to get around this - or maybe MS is trying to tie into the possibility of a chargable iPlayer for outside UK - although I don't see how that would get around anyone in UK supposed to get access without any other payment.

Skype will arrive for sure, plus no doubt other services MS deem useful.  iPlayer is a bit of a unique case really, due to the BBC mandate and operation.



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brendude13 on 24 August 2011
yo_john117 said:
Well Skype is a given at this point.

I do hope the BBC player will be available for the US (with no extra fee) Then I could watch Dr. Who!

I hope it doesn't come to America, British TV is embarassing.



yo_john117 on 24 August 2011
brendude13 said:
yo_john117 said:
Well Skype is a given at this point.

I do hope the BBC player will be available for the US (with no extra fee) Then I could watch Dr. Who!

I hope it doesn't come to America, British TV is embarassing.

Dr. Who!!!!!!