I’ve just received a press release from Zattoo announcing their new channels:
We are really pleased to let you know that Zattoo, the live TV to PC platform, which launched in beta last year, is significantly extending its channel line-up today.
It is the first time that all five terrestrial channels – BBC 1 & 2, ITV 1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 – have been accessible live from one media player. For BBC 1 & 2 and ITV 1 the Zattoo player also allows to opt-in to 4 regional versions.
The service has gone from strength to strength and now boasts over 25 channels, including hobbyist programming from AutoMoto TV and The Poker Channel and current affairs from BBC News 24 and EuroNews. We’ve even revamped our website: www.zattoo.com.
We hope you enjoy the player – feel free to make suggestions on how we can improve the service.
All the best
The Zattoo team
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I love free music! Who doesn’t? And lately some big names in the music biz have been exploring alternative revenue and distribution models for their artistic endeavours. Translated this means that users have been able to download new music over the Internet at little or no cost.
Radiohead set the ball rolling in October last year when they announced that their latest album “In Rainbows” would be available to download at whatever price the user decides! Official sales figures have never been released, but this tactic appears to have worked. Sales figures of 1.2 million copies have been suggested, and with an average price per download of just over the £1 mark, the maths speaks for itself. And this is without distribution or retails costs - just pure profit (minus the relatively small website hosting and bandwidth costs).
Continue reading ‘Does “Free Music” = “Disposable Music”?’
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After the ho-hum start of the series, this episode provided much more for us to get our teeth into. Yes, it was the obligatory “historical” episode, but this isn’t a bad thing. It was shot on the same set that was used for HBO’s Rome, and therefore looks very good. More of that later - lets start with the plot.
Donna and the Doctor land in Pompeii on the eve of the famous eruption of Vesuvius which destroyed the city. After exploring the city they return back to where the Tardis was only to find out it has been sold as a piece of art by a chancing street merchant to a wealth family. D&D track down the Tardis to the house of Lucius Caecilius Iucundus (played by Peter Capaldi), where he lives with his wife, his son and his daughter.
It transpires that Lucius’s daughter, Evelina, is being inducted into the Sybilline Sisterhood. The Sisterhood, which appear to impede the Doctor from the start, are a front for the real villains of the piece, the Pyroviles. The Pyroviles are rock creatures, seeking refuge after their home planet was destroyed (hmm, a pattern maybe?) The Pyroviles and CG and look ok - a bit Transformer-ish, but they work ok. It turns out that the Pyroviles are rebuilding their race on Earth, via the Sisterhood. By inhaling the fumes from the volcano the Sisters start to turn to rock! Bit late for moisturiser now I think!
Continue reading ‘Doctor Who Series 4 - Episode 2 Review - Fires of Pompeii’
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