Well, I had to sneak that one in.
This blog post has nothing to do with great old ones, but plenty of current great ones. I’m currently playing with SeeSaw, an IPTV platform which was previously known as Kangaroo, the controversial video-on-demand system which was blocked by the Competition Commission back in 2009. Kangaroo was then sold to Arqiva and has been since become SeeSaw.
Having been given a beta invitiation, I’ve had relatively short amount of time to give it a spin. It’s not without it’s problems, but looks promising. I’ll give a more informed opinion once I’ve had a chance to play around a bit more.
What about Hulu? What about Canvas? Well, at this point my head is spinning with all these different systems and I’m not one to be confused easily. All I want is a open standard platform which I can watch what I want, when I want, and in a format of my choosing. I don’t care how it’s done, I just want it to work without too many (if any) restrictions. The day Murdoch and chums play nicely with the Beeb, Channel 4 and Channel 5 will be the day I’m tap dancing naked to work.
“All I want is a open standard platform which I can watch what I want, when I want, and in a format of my choosing. I don’t care how it’s done, I just want it to work without too many (if any) restrictions.”
Bingo. Couldn’t agree more. Canvas would find it difficult to be further removed from this ideal (under the misleading guise of being “open”). If you’ve not read it already, you might find my response to the latest BBC Trust consultation on it of interest:
http://files.me.com/mo.mcroberts/suvob2
(PDF link).