A public service provider can never compete with a commercial provider, however the BBC does have a lot of good content, as witnessed by the sales of it around the world.
Providing everything they add is covered by the TV Licence it should be OK, however if they charge extra for anything then no way.
As mentioned above 4K (As well as surround sound) should be provided with no extra coast.
?Nice how the video quality.
Now TV videos and Live streams are 1080 50p on the Now TV stickRegardless of any new bells and whistles it will no doubt still only offer 720p video and stereo audio quality, much like NowTV does. I'm not expecting much.
Clem
No, it upscales the 720p content to 1080p if your TV supports that resolution. I see the same on my NowTV box. Sky’s promises to deliver a native 1080p picture and multichannel sound, made nearly two years ago now, have still not been fulfilled.Now TV videos and Live streams are 1080 50p on the Now TV stick
I believe it will be broadcasting on 27th October.Just a heads up, it looks like the next Sir David Attenborough nature series, Seven Worlds, One Planet, will also be part of the BBC UHD HLG trials on the Iplayer. Not sure when it'll air, but the advertising has started, so I guess it won't be long now.
I think they're well aware that physical disc sales are on their way out, I doubt they actually amount to a great deal today in comparison to 5 years ago. I'd love for the iplayer to make available the wealth of live music recordings and music documentaries they have, not just the occasional live performance, but taking Glastonbury for instance, they must have literally thousands of hours of performances they've recorded over the years, as well as all the studio concerts etc, Proms performances, Gala shows, etc. There are some iconic concerts which were broadcast once and never seen again, the BBC have probable the most complete library of British Rock and pop music in the world, they should make these available for all time, not just 12 months after broadcast."content available for 12 months rather than the current 30 days" points to the key problem facing the Beeb. There's a HUGE back catalogue with some real gems (I know the Beeb don't own everything and increasingly the IP rights are complex) and it would be great to have access to everything, anytime (some may argue 'we' have already paid for them through the licence fee). The challenge is that the Beeb also want to monetise their content through other means - disc sales - and don't want to cannibalise those sales.
I think they're well aware that physical disc sales are on their way out, I doubt they actually amount to a great deal today in comparison to 5 years ago. I'd love for the iplayer to make available the wealth of live music recordings and music documentaries they have, not just the occasional live performance, but taking Glastonbury for instance, they must have literally thousands of hours of performances they've recorded over the years, as well as all the studio concerts etc, Proms performances, Gala shows, etc. There are some iconic concerts which were broadcast once and never seen again, the BBC have probable the most complete library of British Rock and pop music in the world, they should make these available for all time, not just 12 months after broadcast.
The trouble with that though is I suspect the artist or their record label own the rights to the performances, not the BBC. Some Glasto performaces can't be broadcast at all every year. It's like when they broadcast MOTD, the EPL retain the rights to the match footage even though the BBC is broadcasting it. When they broadcast bought-in shows and films it's the same, they only have broadcast rights for a limited time.
As the article says, they needed the approval of Ofcom to go to 12 months so they clearly can't just go doing what they want.