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["Tony Ballardie" <>]

...and you need a multicast peering with the BBC (or a mcast peering
with an ISP with one), and the BBC seems to have put a stop on these for
reasons I don't know. So very limited visibility I'd guess.

Tony

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Chown 
> [mailto:]
> Sent: 20 January 2009 15:51
> To: wg-multicast
> Subject: Re: Fwd: OBAMA Inauguration ceremony multicasted
> 
> I think the Beeb's licencing terms mean it is UK only.
> 
> The 16Mbit HD feed is very very nice.    Kills the CPU on my Mac but
my
> Windows PC copes well.   A real performance tester :)
> 
> Tim
> 
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 09:48:40AM -0600, Dan Oachs wrote:
> > Anyone in the US able to view these?  I gave it a try and so far no
> luck
> > even though other multicast streams are working for us.
> >
> >    Thanks,
> >       Dan Oachs
> >
> >
> > Gary Parker wrote:
> > >You may be able to pick these up over the other side of the
> pond...the
> > >HD stream looks pretty good at the moment (BBC HD Preview).
> > >
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> > >
> > >Begin forwarded message:
> > >
> > >>From: Rina Samani 
> > >><>
> > >>Date: 20 January 2009 14:49:43 GMT
> > >>To: 
> > >>
> > >>Subject: OBAMA Inauguration ceremony multicasted
> > >>Reply-To: Rina Samani 
> > >><>
> > >>
> > >>The BBC's R&D team are making available experimental test streams
> in SD
> > >>and HD of the OBAMA Inauguration ceremony, they can be accessed
> from:
> > >>
> > >>rtp://@233.122.227.201:5554    BBC 1        16.00-18.00
> > >>rtp://@233.122.227.207:5554    BBC News    14.00-22.00
> > >>rtp://@233.122.227.209:5554    BBC HD    16.00-18.00
> > >>
> > >>using a VLC player
> > >>
> > >>The streams are around 3Mbit for SD and 16Mbit for HD (it's proper
> HD
> > >>not internet HD).
> > >>
> > >>Please note, these streams are being provided by the BBC R&D team
> on an
> > >>experimental and unsupported basis - please do not contact the BBC
> or
> > >>JSD is you are unable to receive the streams.
> > >>
> > >>JANET(UK) is a trading name of The JNT Association, a company
> limited
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Tim
>