BBC readies enhanced TVoIP service

The government funded BBC continues to rapidly evolve it’s online presence to provide not only recently aired shows, but extensive archives and downloads. It appears the Beeb may get it. If only BBC online programming was easily accessible to US viewers, they could have a large new audience, especially with the writers strike in deadlock.

But it’s barely out of the blocks before it’s due to be re-launched, now able to work with Macs and Linux, not only PCs, and permitting downloading as well as streaming. It’s pert of a greater revamp of the BBC site, which will include social media tools and better integration of features, reports The Guardian.

“2008 will be the year when we start to find out how [TV over the internet] gets into the living room and how users can access these services from their couch. It doesn’t make sense to make all these services available on each platform, but we need to figure out how these platforms can complement each other,” said Eric Huggers, BBC group controller of future media and technology at the Future Media conference. (from Digital Times)