Can I watch live TV using broadband?

mymatebob

weegie.geek wrote: »

It uses P2P technology, but I'm pretty certain it's not what martin meant in the rules.

If that was the case, it'd be against the rules to talk about BBC iPlayer, and there's plenty of discussion about that.

I take the thing in the rules to mention P2P filesharing networks, which this isn't. It uses P2P as a method of content delivery.

The rules really need clearing up in this respect. They're not 100% clear but a little common sense works wonders.

You make an excellent point there.
Like may things rules/guidelines etc need to catch up with the times

mark36

Zattoo is fantastic, and 100% legal. When travelling, your IP identifies which country you are in - when I was in Germany with my laptop the channel line up turned German! It is also really reliable. They have negotiated with the BBC and ITV etc to show their channels, occasionally (the odd champions league game) are blacked out due to legal requirements regarding content delivery channels.

S0litaire

BBC, ITV, Ch4 have their shows online for viewing.
if you have Windows "Media Center" in XP or Vista you will get access to Ruters News and other selected portals to watch items.

all other way's may be legally suspect...

DatabaseError

weegie, I think you are right, technology has moved on, p2p does not always mean dodgy dvds and free pron, it is a legitimate distribution system, often abused, hence the blanket ban, not sure a 'blind eye' is turned to iplayer and 4od, rather an uneducated one

globalds

I don't know where I stand ?

weegie.geek

mymatebob wrote: »

You make an excellent point there.
Like may things rules/guidelines etc need to catch up with the times

I'm not even sure it's a case of that. It's not as if P2P started purely for warez, it had legitimate uses first, then the lower echelons of warez monkeys decided it was the best thing since sliced bread, and now 90%+ of P2P traffic is warez.

Therefore, most chat about P2P would probably be a grey area at the least, if not full-blown peg-leg and parrot stuff.

The person who wrote the rules (like most people I guess) probably only thinks of P2P in terms of piracy, because it's become synonymous with piracy.

The fact that the iPlayer discussion still exists, and there's so much of it, suggests that the board guides have their heads screwed on and are being sensible about the whole thing. Or they don't realise it uses P2P. One of the two.

mymatebob

Well if this thread remains then all well and good, if not lets hope the OP read the reply before it went - as it were.

Tiddler_2

The match is being shown live on https://www.itv.com, at a cost of £1.99

experience08

How much bandwidth will this Zammo use for an hour?

colmil

Tiddler,

I've looked on the ITV site and can't see any mention of seeing the game at a charge, could you point me in the right direction, plesse?