Could we not have programmes broken into meaningful chunks as well?

Close Up is broken into its component parts on the net. The TVNZ search function still isn't the best though – I often can't get search results pointing to my own stories, and I know what they're called!

Having…

(posted here cause it's no use posting to them)

why do web designers waste their time building feedback pages when their clients usually can't be bothered reading the resulting messages and replying to questions?

Well, it's not a waste of time if the web designers can bill the hours at a good rate is it? But it is a…

Are we sure the free material is aailable outside of New Zealand? I sent feedback…

Access Denied

You don't have permission to access "http://download.tvnzondemand.co.nz/download/store1/flash/2007/ads/sony_ad_060307.flv" on this server.
Reference #18.683183e.1174576801.1f1a9620

Grumble.

I don't know if anyone has been following the internet radio royalties issue in the US, however I've been reading about it and I'd like to know how NZ deals with this. Anyone know or got a link?

APRA = keen to grant licences, realistic about terms.

RIANZ = Difficult.

Safari's Activity/Firefox's Page Info windows?

Nope. Oh, alright ... check the RSS feeds in Safari.

http://stevegordonlaw.com/article_webcast_royalty.htm

It's actually easier than that ...

Safari's Activity/Firefox's Page Info windows?

Got the introduction video to play but for every other show I click on all I get is the "loading" screen – am I doing something wrong or can their servers not cope? OK, it IS peak internet time (9-10pm) but still. Am trying…

According to discussion on the NZLUG mailing list today, poking around the HTML source reveals URLs for files which will open in mplayer:

It's actually easier than that ...

The biggest quibble I have so far is a autoload video when flicking between pages. I don't want 25 minutes of video to load every time I browse a page. It gnaws at my data cap for no good reason and sucks up TVNZ's valuable bandwidth. Ditch this glitch.

Absolutely.…

(And I really don't care how much advertising they play, there are bills to pay and I'd far rather arseholes like Sony pay them than I do.)

Me neither. Its just that having sat patiently through a perfectly well delivered ad, I would like to see the actual programme I…

The biggest quibble I have so far is a autoload video when flicking between pages. I don't want 25 minutes…

I clicked through to a Fair Go episode, looked at the source, found the URL of the actual video file which is nicely listed there (a text…

mind you thanks to…

That's what the internet is for.

hell, sit in a park with sunglasses on and watch the girls walk by, you'll get the same rush.

feel like a perv?

...then why expect your tv stars to be scantily clad? heh.

Those low-brow fools. That's what the internet is for.

Still, loving it :)

'The Departed' in particular seems hopelessly mediocre

Saw it on DVD (that's replaced the bulk of our TV viewing too) and had the same reaction.

But did see a brilliant film at the film society L'Esquive

Low budget, shot on video, young actors.

Also worth catching is Alain Resnais' latest…

wasn't this exactly what that geezer russell brought out from the Beeb saying in 2005?

is the beeb service not weighting up?

The BBC has a crippling bureaucratic lag between research and deployment. So the interactive media player trial had to be put away before all the boxes could be…

Expensive new initiatives in broadcasting are also on dangerous ground when they don't give people new content. I'd have liked to be able to do more than catch up on programmes (oh, and, watch TVNZ promoting itself with director interviews). I suppose it's expensive enough as it is.

When the…

Annoyed by the "catchup" episodes, sure play 50 second clips of shows that haven't played yet, but how much more money are they going to make out of a show that's already played here? How much money does Unauthorised History of New Zealand make…

I wonder what TVNZ said about the internet and file sharing back in the day?

People are no longer willing to just sit back and wait for TVNZ etc to determine their viewing habits for the coming year.

wasn't this exactly what that geezer russell brought out from the Beeb saying in 2005?

is the beeb service not weighting up?

I can't wait till the BBC pulls this off with iPlayer.

Firefox on Linux

Ditto. They seem to show me ads in the flash player really well. I also get a "classic" clip about Auckland in 1908, but other than the, just ads. This isn't DRM material is it?

there's plenty of time on the tube dedicated to punters who want to see nothing more interesting than charlotte bounce her jugs around.

Just wondering if anyone's had a chance to try using ondemand through Parallels (running Windows XP or Vista) on a Mac? Sometimes even this doesn't get past the old No-Macs-Allowed barrier but sometimes it does... Cheers.

Downloading via Firefox on Parallels now. Will let you know if it plays OK.

It's funny – I can't remember the last time I watched anything on TV except for…

the thinking seems to be that people are much more likely to 'snack' online, particularly the younger people who are major users. Could we not have programmes broken into meaningful chunks as well?

this is a good call. i've given away tv entirely (too much shit just wasting my time),…

And I have to agree with Russell's comment re: paying for a one week…

I might have to look further into whether it's possible to have a New Zealand allocated IP block set up to route to a US-located server.

I…