The US shows all depend on whether the BBC have an "On Demand Clause" in there.
IE: they paid extra to offer the programs On Demand.
Im assuming, though, that if its on the PC version of iPlayer, we will see it here also.
The Radio Catch Ups are a must, IMO. I managed to get the Podcasts on my Xbox the other day, so maybe that is a possibility here.
Im guessing it would be possible to have every single program on the BBC on there, however, whether they would do it, again, comes back to the first predicament; a la On Demand Rights in Contracts.
Sure, though. If its funded by the BBC (Eastenders, for example) then why not!
The screenshots dont really do it much justice, as the actual days slide as you select days, much like the iPhone. Its very sleek and very 21st Century.
The old ntl: code wouldnt have been able to handle this. Now, they have sped up the Virgin EPG on STBs, it is possible to have this Sliding function, probably with no glitches at all.
Im hoping to get an animated GIF up at some point showing the actual function properly, sliding and all. Wont be tonight, though, I dont think...
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Well, its definitly needed.
Your letter is spot on, to be honest.
The VoD content has always been all over the place.
I did email them once, and they cleaned up a little bit, but it is a joke.
A seperate section for HD, instead of Hiding it all over the show is also needed. In fact, all HD should be removed from SD content lists.
But if we could imagine something like the iPlayer layout, and instead of days, letters for the artists. Keep the genre button at the bottom. And it would fit in with the colour scheme and look very nice.
Plus, it would look very user friendly, which is what VM want, really. Unfortunatly, thats not what the VoD dept. think, placing content here there and everywhere! lol