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BBC iPlayer to Integrate with Windows Live Messenger

Sarah Perez — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:39:00 GMT

The BBC has is launching a new version of their popular iPlayer service, which connects users to the BBC’s audio (radio) and video (TV) programs. The updated player, set to launch into beta by month-end, will offer new social features including integration with Facebook, Twitter and Windows Live Messenger.

Users will be able to link their BBC account to the above social services. They can then tweet or share on Facebook what they’re watching. Windows Live Messenger users will be able to sync their viewing with their IM friends in order to watch and chat about a show together in real-time. According to the press release, this chat integration is an experimental feature – if it turns out to be successful, they’ll integrate more messaging services in the future.

Hack: Watch BBC’s iPlayer on Windows Mobile

Sarah Perez — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:58:00 GMT

In the UK, the BBC iPlayer allows residents to watch full-length TV episodes on their computers or select mobile phones. But unfortunately, Windows Mobile phones didn’t make the list of approved devices. Since there’s no official client for WiMo users, a hacker over on the XDA-Developers forum decided he would figure out a way for making the iPlayer’s mobile interface work on Windows Mobile.

If you live in the UK and have an HTC Diamond (more models may be added later), you can try the following steps to hack your phone.*

First, you’ll need to get a copy of CorePlayer – the only Windows Mobile Media Player that can handle H.264 and AAC formats. Associate .mov files with the player. Also make sure you have the Net framework 3.5 installed.

Finally, install the iPlayer files: iPlayer.cab. It’s recommended that you install this to Internal Storage since videos are stored to the installation folder.

When using the application, it’s best to use Wi-Fi or use with an unlimited data plan.

Features:

Finger friendly UI including flick kinetic scrolling, swipe gestures and vibration feedback.
Supports Nav Sensor and Stylus Removal
Higher quality video/audio than Samsung User Agent hack (483x272 h.264 video stream).
Browse content by Highlights, Popular, Channel, Category or Date.
Search for content and save history.
Checks for latest version of player and AppToDate support.
Downloads video to device for later viewing (I download at home over wifi and then watch videos on the tube on the way to work).
Video launched in your default player associated with '.mov' files (e.g.,CorePlayer).

You can learn more here.

*Note: Disclaimer - Do not hack your phone. That’s totally illegal or something. We are not recommending it.

(via DownloadSquad)

Vídeo – Veja o potencial do Live Mesh como plataforma através do BBC iPlayer

Galileu Vieira — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:44:00 GMT

O BBC iPlayer é um sucesso tremendo no Reino Unido, chegando a ser responsável por 10% de todo tráfego de Internet lá. Eles mostraram no PDC 2008 uma nova versão do iPlayer que utiliza o Live Services e dá destaque ao Live Mesh. Com o poder de sincronização do Mesh, é possível sempre ter acesso ao conteúdo em diversos dispositivos como mostra o vídeo. Não somente isso, pois o Mesh permite também a sincronização do exato ponto que o usuário parou de assistir algo em um notebook, por exemplo, e recomeça do mesmo ponto no celular. No vídeo, que está em horrível qualidade, é demonstrado o novo iPlayer feito em Silverlight que é instalado através do Live Mesh no PC e no Windows Mobile. Recomendo ver a versão em alta qualidade no site oficial do PDC 2008. Pra quem não entende inglês, publiquei essa versão com narração.

Clique aqui para ver o vídeo no Soapbox .