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Adobe Media Player Launched

Adobe have launched a stand-alone Media Player (AMP).
Using Adobe Air, the AMP plays back high quality video both on PCs and Apple computers at standard def and 1080p.

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iPlayer: Wii Gets Beta Player

BBC iPlayer is further expanding the hardware platforms that it’s available on - the last was a troublesome iPhone launch.
The latest is the Nintendo Wii, announced today, bringing the advantage that the iPlayer content can be viewed on a ‘normal’ TV, rather than on a computer screen.

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ABC VoD To REMOVE Fast-Forward!

The Disney-ABC Television Group in the US has released a Video on Demand (VoD) service. Not exactly news for DL is it? We’ve been reporting this type of thing for years.
Here’s the news. What ABC have done, in an inexplicable move, is _remove_ functionality that is standard in VoD services normally. They’ve decided to take […]

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HD VOD Launched By Verizon FiOS

Just over two years ago we covered the launch of FiOS TV, an IPTV service by US operator Verizon, that operates over fibre optic connections.
HD VOD - High Definition Video On Demand - has now being rolled out to a number of the regions covered by the FiOS TV service - Richmond and Virginia Beach, […]

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HMV And Play.com Prep Film Download Services

More retail big boys look to cut themselves a slice of the growing film download market.

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BBC Trust To Listen On iPlayer Going Open Source

Finally the BBC Trust appears to be open to taking about the iPlayer going Open Source.

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LiveEarth Registers ‘Most Ever’ Online Views

MSN claims that their live streams of the climate crisis gigs attracted a record breaking online audience.

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BBC iPlayer To Finally Launch

At long last - after a _very_ long period of beta and a whole lot more talking, the BBC have given 27 July as the date of release.

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Joost: SSL Certificate Runs Out - v0.9.2 Released

A software glitch around certificates has cause another issue of the Joost client.

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IPTV Growth To Boost Video Market To $277Bn By 2010: iSupply

There’s some mighty big numbers knocking around iSupply’s estimates of what the video content world will be worth.

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