While not the pioneer of On-Demand television technology, BBC's
iPlayer has certainly captured the attention of the public more than
Channel 4oD or
Sky Anytime in the UK. As a result, BBC have announced a newly modified iPlayer interface; making it suitable for use on Nintendo Wii. This comes after an iPhone-compatible iPlayer which was released a number of months ago by the BBC.
While I'd love to use iPlayer on both my Wii and iPod touch, it's only open to residents of the United Kingdom and being from Ireland, it's impossible for me to do so. Perhaps the biggest selling point of iPlayer is its ease of use. Unlike 4oD, which requires an installed P2P program, iPlayer content can be viewed and streamed directly from your web browser, making this a sensible move for the BBC.
However, I can't help but feel that this could have just as easily been done through a dedicated WiiWare application, but this should do just nicely!
Source (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy)
Written By: Aaron Hastings
That sounds very nice. Wish I could access it.
*sigh*
Maybe one day... in the not too distant future.
Wait, why can't lemon access?
I read. And I got a spare bedroom lemon. I'm sure my parents won't mind an Australian 20 something coming around to stay for a while.
Too bad if they do :p
*buys plane ticket*
Too bad if they do :p
*buys plane ticket*
WOO!
QANTAS fly the Airbus A380 now:
Lol, actually Qantas haven't been too reliable as of late. However that's incredibly off topic.
You highjack a Qantas plan, come get me, then we'll hit the UK. And hide the plane for future use.
