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Between The Wheels => Technology and Science => Topic started by: Slim on May 15, 2025, 02:23:28 PM

Title: BBC Moving to Internet Only
Post by: Slim on May 15, 2025, 02:23:28 PM
https://metro.co.uk/video/bbc-boss-confirms-channels-cease-transmitting-moving-online-only-3435353/

There was a time when online TV was a sort of low-quality novelty. There's no doubt now of course that the Internet is more than capable of handling very high quality high-definition telly, so I think this does make sense. It's not that long since all UK broadcasters went digital-only and this seems a logical next step.

Even so - couldn't have imagined a BBC with no TV transmissions twenty years ago.
Title: Re: BBC Moving to Internet Only
Post by: pxr5 on May 15, 2025, 06:08:32 PM
Freely will be the way forward. As of now it's only available on certain TV brands. But it will become the norm once apps for phones/FireTV/Roku/AppleTv etc. have been released.

https://www.freely.co.uk/
Title: Re: BBC Moving to Internet Only
Post by: Thenop on May 15, 2025, 06:13:04 PM
Can't help thinking about all those dystopian movies I've seen where some for of legacy/obsolete tech saves the day. With all the hacking and other attacks on the internet structure going on, surely a TV cable or radio frequency FM/AM would be needed as backup for emergency purposes?