Public Address | Monitor | TVNZ Ondemand: Windows Media Player only

FletcherB

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:09:07 +1300

Adrian.... you seem to mis-understand what television is all about...

You seem to think it is for your entertainment? It is for delivering your eyballs to the advertisements.

Of course, as more and more of us go about finding our own sources for the stupid entertainy bits in between…

Adrian Wills

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:21:25 +1300

I'm still baffled as to why we are months and months behind television releases these days.... With the digital age, why has television not taken on what movies and music now do – the big releases are world wide releases. I've already seen the first series of Heroes because if…

Matt Perot

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:54:24 +1300

Matt, I don't think this is possible at present. The iTunes Store only sells music videos and Pixar short films outside of North America (no films or TV) and the Fairplay DRM Apple employs is not open for other providers to use.

Right, but what's to stop TVNZ from becoming…

matthewbuchanan

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:08:30 +1300

Oddly enough, my original e-mail — the one that prompted the reply from TVNZ posted above — was to suggest that TVNZ go with the iTunes platform from the outset.

Matt, I don't think this is possible at present. The iTunes Store only sells music videos and Pixar short films…

Matt Perot

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:27:34 +1300

Oddly enough, my original e-mail — the one that prompted the reply from TVNZ posted above — was to suggest that TVNZ go with the iTunes platform from the outset. Why might this have been a good idea?

– Cross-platform compatibility (well, Windows, Mac, and Linux at least)
– DRM,…

nzMM

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:34:26 +1300

Its sad and all that TVNZ, supposed state broadcaster is pushing proprietary formats down our throats (i would be dreaming if the government actually mandated non-proprietary media/data formats), just not that kind of world that cares about like 5% of the market, i guess.

But whats the likelihood of this…

Gary Hutchings

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:40:01 +1300

The thing to remember is that the MySky box is not owned by the consumer, which means Sky can push software updates into the market any time they like. This means (for instance) they can require all high definition content to pass through a HDMI connector which is fully copy-protected,…

barnaclebarnes

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:59:59 +1300

This seems to crap all over ideas about public content.

Which is my main concern. Quite frankly I don't care one little bit about Shortland Street but what I do care about is watching and archiving unencrypted footage from a 1962 epsiode of 'Townin Around' where my father launched his…

Clarke

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:31:55 +1300

I am told the MySKy boxes have significantly changed many Sky viewers habits, so imagine that rolled out across the country combined with the ability to have much more control of the stuff you have on the PVR.

The thing to remember is that the MySky box is not owned…

Gary Hutchings

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:23:21 +1300

Another problem they will face once Freeview gets off the ground, is that ppl will be able to use their PVR to get digital versions from FTA,

The effect of main-stream PVRs have not been felt in NZ due to TVNZ/TV3 being how shall we say"uncooperative" in terms of EPG…

Don Christie

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:19:48 +1300

Right. And I guess on Ubuntu I will have to break some law in some country to watch content I have paid for. Nice.

Russell Brown

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:58:42 +1300

The digital rights management they're using is BuyDRM, which is Windows Media only and Windows only, because Windows Media DRM does not work on Macs.

To some extent, they've been pushed into this by rights holders, who insist on DRM protection as a condition of licensing. But there are a…

FletcherB

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:47:55 +1300

I currently have a Windows Media Player program running on my Mac.... whats the problem? It "looks and feels" just like the one that runs on my PC...
Sure, I had to download it...... but "Windows Media Player does not support Macs" appears incorrect, no?

Paul Capewell

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 02:45:36 +1300

This would be interesting to know more about, especially in light of BBC possibly sticking with WMP too...

Russell Brown

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:28:57 +1300

I know a bit about this. Will get back to you when I've finished with dinner and stuff.

Matt Perot

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:28:17 +1300

For all you Mac-using TV buffs: Here's some correspondence from TVNZ on its pending Ondemand service. It's good to hear that TVNZ is looking into Mac compatibility eventually, although we may be in for a long wait...

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Thank you for your enquiry. For the initial launch of TVNZ ondemand…