British Broadcaster, Channel 4 have released to the Online TV watching public a massive 4,000 plus hours of content. This is the first time a TV channel has released its back catalogue for on demand ignite
Currently the 4oD catch up TV service countenances online TV watchers to view programming for the previous 30 days later on broadcasting. The BBC and other networks only allow 7 days before removing decants. So it is a major development by Channel 4 to upload such a vast amount of money of older content.
It is a distinguished move that even the BBC had to congratulate saying it was “great news for viewer choice”!
The iPlayer was the 22nd most popular UK website in the calendar month of February and the gage most visited video site after the right hand YouTube.
Top American TV site Hulu has now become second greatest video website show over 350 million streams during the Feb-March menses and is talking about a possible UK rollout of its service.
Currently Channel 4′s viewing figures for live internet tv service 4oD are growing month by month. Channel 4 spokesman Jon Gisby commented:- “We were the first broadcaster to launch a comprehensive video on demand service in 2006, and since that time 4oD has become one of the UK’s most popular VOD brands. It brings forward the day when we can watch what we want when we want without buying all those DVD collections. It may be time to put my ‘Shameless’ Boxset on Ebay
Some people are saying that watching TV streams on a PC screen is a step backwards and why would anyone want to watch TV online?
Having to wait whilst a TV stream loads, watching it on a tiny screen, having to be connected to the net. Why do it? However, in contradiction to this statement, how comes every TV network and large organisation on the planet is pushing video and TV content onto the internet and into our homes?
The big question is though, will this TV streaming on our PCs uproot us from sitting on the lounge in front of the television set? There are many people now that have thrown out the TV in perquisite of watching TV via their computing machine screen.
Wether you like it or not, the television in your front room is becoming obsolete. Although you may well still have a big screen on the wall, it will be connected to a device such as a PC, cable device, set-top box, games console, TiVo amongst others. And that eremitic experience of watching a TV show at 7pm on a Saturday night will be gone always.
You will now use that big screen to watch TV and movies on demand. At a time of your choosing. You will interact with other fans virtually the world of 24 or menage. Cameron Diaz fans will all chat and make comments while watching her latest movie. Bomb or a hit? You decide.
The Networks are all knotty and the public vexation is high. So why arent we all watching online yet?
With the new wave of Internet enabled TV sets and the massive interest and money universe poured into the sector, you can bet your life that or else than being a step backwards. It is a redefining moment in our bill and something we should all be welcoming.
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