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I've had the opportunity to try the BBC's new system for distributing radio and television programming (radio program in my case) that this Softpedia story: BBC proposes the online television covers. Accommodating a market shift?
For 3 months, over 5,000 families will be included in a program that allows the download of radio and TV shows transmitted by BBC; the download will be available a week after the initial airplay.My only problem with the idea is the DRM that expires one week later. Sometimes you might want to hang on for a while before listening. In my case, it was a series of five Reith Lectures I wanted to hear, and was willing to download the bunch and then listen to them back-to-back when I go to the lake this summer. Since the lectures were broadcast weekly over five or six weeks, and I'm not going to the lake for another several weeks there's an expiration problem.
Truth be told, I'm not entirely sure whether the MP3 rights lapse one week after download or one week after first listen.
Posted by Grayson at May 18, 2005 07:55 AM