Source: PC Inpact
The BBC has already encountered a huge success with its iPlayer, which allows online-viewing of many of their programs. They have already had 550,000 visitors. The BBC does not stop there, and proposes a version for the Wii, and after that, for the iPhone.
The reasons for their success are simple. The group has been deadlocked on the DRM and it covers all visibly better. The only current victims of this success are the ISPs. Indeed, if there was an impression of free Web, it is readily apparent. They must pay for the use of the data pipes that their customers use, and videos weigh particularly heavy.
They have come to try and find common ground at the BBC and they request participation in sharing the costs generated by its success. Already operators had tried to do the same with Google and other heavy bandwidth hogs. If it comes here, it will be a new revolution for the Internet, where most services might become paying, or even more, full of advertising.
[translation by CliveAtFive]
