tapedeck Posted April 9, 2008 Posted April 9, 2008 How does it work? Can I watch motd on my Wii?!?! you go to iplayer @ bbc.com on your wii internet channel. MOTD ISNT even on there Well, I've looked for ages and couldn't see it so I presume it aint. That's the ONLY thing I think I may have heavily used it for. So is it only for TV license holders... I dont know how the beeb will be able to tell if you've a tv license or not. Will they track each IP address and then look up the address and send the tv vans around? Me no thinkaso.
Helmsly Posted April 9, 2008 Posted April 9, 2008 Just tried it, its pretty good. It comes up with 'Wii beta' on the side I noticed, so hopefully they'll add the option to put it full screen in the future.
Ashley Posted April 10, 2008 Posted April 10, 2008 you go to iplayer @ bbc.com on your wii internet channel. MOTD ISNT even on there Well, I've looked for ages and couldn't see it so I presume it aint. That's the ONLY thing I think I may have heavily used it for. I dont know how the beeb will be able to tell if you've a tv license or not. Will they track each IP address and then look up the address and send the tv vans around? Me no thinkaso. Thinking about it, my friend on campus uses it (on his laptop) and has no license fee so I doubt you need one.
Tphi Posted April 10, 2008 Posted April 10, 2008 MotD isn't on there for reasons I think concerning the very complicated nature of football TV rights etc. I would guess that technically one should have to be a licence payer to watch BBC content, but since there is absolutely no way of this being checked, it doesn't matter. With iPlayer, 4OD and stuff I can get from elsewhere online, I'm seriously considering cancelling my liscence!
flameboy Posted April 10, 2008 Posted April 10, 2008 MotD isn't on there for reasons I think concerning the very complicated nature of football TV rights etc. I would guess that technically one should have to be a licence payer to watch BBC content, but since there is absolutely no way of this being checked, it doesn't matter. With iPlayer, 4OD and stuff I can get from elsewhere online, I'm seriously considering cancelling my liscence! You technically have to hold a TV license to access all these things...4OD and iPlayer...same if you watch TV on a mobile... tried to watch saturdays doctor who kept stopping at the same place...working fine on PC though...
Jackster Posted April 10, 2008 Posted April 10, 2008 There seems to be a few people confused about how this works, not sure if maybe they're unable to read back a few posts to find out or they're unable to ask Google or whatever, maybe aliens are interfering with their PCs so I'll explain it here. Go to http://bbc.co.uk/iplayer/ on the Wii's Internet Channel which is 500 Wii Points if you haven't downloaded it already. There is no update to anything, the BBC just seems to have changed the way iPlayer works behind the scenes if you access it with the Wii so that it works with the Wii's version of Flash. When you're using it it works just like the iPlayer through your PC or Mac or iPhone's web browser. As for TV Licenses. As far as I'm aware if you own any sort of TV, TV Card or Radio then you're supposed to pay for a TV License. Similarly, if you want to watch iPlayer then you should have a TV License. The BBC can't tell if you have a licence though when you're watching iPlayer. It all just depends on if you feel that watching iPlayer without a license is right or not. So, what does Mr Jackster think? Personally, I have no problem downloading stuff from commercial stations like Channel 4 or ITV or American stuff or movies for free because they'll have got all their money when they showed it on TV with adverts. But with the BBC it's different, they rely on you being honest I suppose and not watching their stuff if you didn't pay for it. I'm also wondering if it's fair, after all everyone else is paying what is essentially a TV Tax, and some people are kinda like claiming benefits (i.e. watching iPlayer) when they should really just be paying the Tax. Not the best comparison I know, but it kinda works. Anyway, do what you want, I forgot why I started writing this post already I just got lost in the moral argument. Personally I guess I think watching BBC stuff on iPlayer without paying a license fee is wrong but ultimately I don't care. I'm off to watch the X-Files movie, bye.
flameboy Posted April 11, 2008 Posted April 11, 2008 There seems to be a few people confused about how this works, not sure if maybe they're unable to read back a few posts to find out or they're unable to ask Google or whatever, maybe aliens are interfering with their PCs so I'll explain it here. Go to http://bbc.co.uk/iplayer/ on the Wii's Internet Channel which is 500 Wii Points if you haven't downloaded it already. There is no update to anything, the BBC just seems to have changed the way iPlayer works behind the scenes if you access it with the Wii so that it works with the Wii's version of Flash. When you're using it it works just like the iPlayer through your PC or Mac or iPhone's web browser. As for TV Licenses. As far as I'm aware if you own any sort of TV, TV Card or Radio then you're supposed to pay for a TV License. Similarly, if you want to watch iPlayer then you should have a TV License. The BBC can't tell if you have a licence though when you're watching iPlayer. It all just depends on if you feel that watching iPlayer without a license is right or not. So, what does Mr Jackster think? Personally, I have no problem downloading stuff from commercial stations like Channel 4 or ITV or American stuff or movies for free because they'll have got all their money when they showed it on TV with adverts. But with the BBC it's different, they rely on you being honest I suppose and not watching their stuff if you didn't pay for it. I'm also wondering if it's fair, after all everyone else is paying what is essentially a TV Tax, and some people are kinda like claiming benefits (i.e. watching iPlayer) when they should really just be paying the Tax. Not the best comparison I know, but it kinda works. Anyway, do what you want, I forgot why I started writing this post already I just got lost in the moral argument. Personally I guess I think watching BBC stuff on iPlayer without paying a license fee is wrong but ultimately I don't care. I'm off to watch the X-Files movie, bye. Not technically true with regards to ITV and Channel 4. ITV get a small share of the license fee as do Channel 4 who are government owned (or atleast public sector) and get a slightly larger share of the cash than ITV
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