Friday’s tennis at Wimbledon set a new record for iPlayer streaming, smashing the 2Gbps barrier.. that’s a lot of people watching the tennis on the BBC’s Sports page!
Here’s ‘Jeremy’ with this week’s TopStream.
This edition now available in HD
see also : Murray Mania Marches On!
Do we have a new tennis hero? I think we have a new British hero! More…
On the back of Dave Tomlinson’s recent news that iPlayer traffic for last Sunday’s ‘Top Gear’ has smashed our previous network record for video streaming a particular programme, we present a bit of fun. Here’s ‘Jeremy’ with tonight’s TopStream.
This edition is available in HD
see also : Who is The Stig?
“The Stig” unmasked tonight on the first episode of the new series of Top Gear… only I don’t think it was the real Stig. Certainly though the potential reveal has caused people to tune in to Top Gear in droves and the convenience of iPlayer has meant that many can enjoy an extra hour or two out in the evening sun on the longest day of the year. So many in fact it’s set a new Plusnet iPlayer record with 1.31Gbps of iPlayer streaming traffic being hit between 10pm and 11pm this evening. More…
Been a while since I posted one of these blogs, so looking at the graphs for the past two weeks I thought I’d post a couple of observations of the traffic we’ve been seeing. More…
Breaking news: A partnership comprising the BBC, BT and ITV has just announced a plan to bring a new common industry approach to deliver on-demand TV over broadband, dubbed ‘Project Canvas’.
The full press release is available on the ITV website, but here’s a taster.
“The BBC, ITV and BT today are joining together to work as partners to promote a common industry approach and consumer offer to deliver on demand TV over broadband. The initiative is open for all public service broadcasters, device developers and other ISPs.”
It sounds like this might be an initiative big enough to truly bring TV over broadband from the PC onto the TV. We’re big fans of the BBC iPlayer and like the sound of something that could build on that success. The service will work alongside Freeview and Freesat. Here’s a quote from Ian Livingston, BT’s CEO:
“Television and broadband are a compelling combination. Together they can offer live TV along with an unrivalled choice of on demand content and interactive services. It will mean that you can watch what you want whenever you want on your television. We are looking forward to working with The BBC, ITV and other internet service providers to support an open standard for the free to air market in the UK.”
As we find out more we’ll let you know…
Neil Armstrong
Products Director, Plusnet
The Chancellor Alistair Darling made his pre-budget speech this afternoon with a raft of changes. We won’t go into the implications of these changes as part of this blog but instead just post a few facts and figures about the actual “broadcast”. More…
The US has spoken and the world has been watching. After a campaign lasting nearly 2 years Barack Obama will be the 44th President of America next January. This has been a historical election for a number of reasons. We won’t go into the details, we’ll leave that to the various news media, instead we’ll focus on an aspect that we as a UK ISP can see. More…
Well you’re here reading this, so it’s a fair bet you’re aware of our Community site – a repository for blogs by staff members on all sorts of issues from the internets, on our own service, on new technologies and also the home to our community forums.
It’s certainly one of the most used and definitely one of the most useful resources that we have. We are, we think, justifiably proud of the way it’s grown and still growing. More…
The Olympics are over for another four years and the Great Britain has returned with the best haul of medals in a century. The feel good factor that generates cannot easily calculated. What we can calculate though is how much time people have spent watching the Olympics. More…
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