Sky TV Coming To The PSP July 29, 2007
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Are you one of the 2.3 million PSP owners in the UK and Ireland? If so, you might be happy to know that you’ll soon be able to view Sky TV on your little handheld buddy. The Sony-built one, that is. On top of recent launch of the new PSP, this is a clever expansion of the PSP's capabilities.
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and Sky have announced plans to create a joint-venture company to bring a broad mix of downloadable content to the PSP, ranging from movies and sports to high profile TV shows like Lost and Weeds. The content can be downloaded via Wi-Fi or PC but there’s no news yet on pricing. That’s right, this is Sky after all so no freebies here. According to the press release:
“The Joint Venture company, with equal Board level representation from Sky and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe will draw on the unrivalled entertainment aggregation expertise and technical leadership of SKY, and the handheld entertainment knowledge and brand power of PlayStation. The company will establish PSP and the new ground breaking video download service as the natural partners for those seeking the ultimate choice of portable entertainment content.”
Could this be the money-spinning movie success that the annoying, and doomed, UMD movie format wasn’t?-Martin Lynch
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BBC iPlayer Launches Beta Service July 29, 2007
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After a week in which the BBC has come under increased fire over the lack of platform support for the iPlayer, the service is finally open – at least for public beta.
The service went live on July 27 and anyone who wants a chance of receiving/testing the online TV download service can register their interest here. You have to be UK-based and you might want to prepare for some problems as some people have been encountering numerous technical glitches.
You will also need to be running Windows XP [ not Vista] and Internet Explorer 6 or higher. The iPlayer will allow users to download and view the previous week’s worth of BBC programmes with a 30-day deadline to watch them.
Linux and Mac users are still left out in the cold but the Beeb has promised to support them as soon as possible.-Martin Lynch
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