ABC has launched iView, an online web-based video platform:

The ABC is expanding its online presence, with six new web-based channels.

The new online streaming platform allows users to watch TV shows on the internet using a full-screen viewer, bringing internet-based television another step closer.

The six channels will be available to anyone with a broadband connection and will allow viewers to watch news, programs, cartoons, documentaries and arts.

ABC News has some more details in its news article. It should also be noted that it is free traffic for iiNet users, and the ABC site implies that more unmetered access might be coming soon, though there's no details. promoted/edited forum item

This is so much better than channel 10/9's s***ty online versions.

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I am glad they have restricted it to aussies-only since other national broadcasters lock us out.

Channel 9's s*** player gets front page news with screencaps of the pathetic "Sea Patrol" and this is floundering in the forum. No one ever doubted that this site takes money from the media empires but surely you can be less blatant.

Anyone know the resolution of the ABC player? All I've heard is "Full-screen". Whatever that means. I could have a video of 100x100 and force it to run at "Full-screen".

I am glad they have restricted it to aussies-only since other national broadcasters lock us out.

s*** for x pats, but yeah, everyone else does.

Free quota for iiNet users

Looks like it's better quality than a standard pdtv cap but not by much, I guess the issue is it's a day behind. i.e. right now it's yesterday's 730 report that's available, not this evenings, and the latest news is Midday Today.

I am glad they have restricted it to aussies-only since other national broadcasters lock us out.

I need to find a good Australian proxy server.. :(

Channel 9's s*** player gets front page news with screencaps of the pathetic "Sea Patrol" and this is floundering in the forum. No one ever doubted that this site takes money from the media empires but surely you can be less blatant.

No offense intended, but you, sir, are a giant douchebag. If you'd actually read the story I wrote about that, you would have noticed that one of the significant aspects of it was to point out that they were using software that was most probably violating the GPL and distributing it en masse, so it was hardly us pandering to the whims of big media.

As much as I'd love to have every single news story up on here first, sometimes its just not possible. If you have a story that you think its newsworthy, you can either submit it to us here, or post it in the forums and wait to see if it gets promoted, like this one did.

reso - I edited the crap out of your OP to make it newsworthy rather than post a new thread, hope you don't mind.

edit: oh, obviously I can't check this out as I'm still in the USA and I'm not allowed :( Look forward to giving it a crack when I get back though, it sounds cool.

I'm also encouraged by the fact that they're looking at ways they can make it unmetered for more ISPs; I'm not sure if its something that can be easily mirrored, per se, but it'd be awesome if it was.

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ABC is now using Akamai to distribute most of their content, which apparently makes it difficult to un-meter. iiNet is able to do it right now because they happen to have just the right (and very expensive) hardware. Internode's Simon Hackett goes into some detail about the unmetering here:

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1019702#r14

reso - I edited the crap out of your OP to make it newsworthy rather than post a new thread, hope you don't mind.

Of course not. Had a feeling that would happen which is why I didn't bother putting too much time in to it :P

I watched both eps of the Gruen Transfer via this after trying it out just purely from being on iinet and wanting to test it out. I was really impressed with not only the show (which is f***ing awesome) but the quality of the video too.

i was impressed with the ad they showed at teh end of the show this week :)

also, waht was aca on about with their free cable via the itnernets the other nite? i didnt watch it, but it was something about getting shows that are on cable for free, from millions of channels, i assume some sort of internets tv;

anyone see that?

http://au.todaytonight.yahoo.com/article/4821852/consumer/cut-price-pay-tv

looks like the site is getting hammered still


oh - and it's www.dontpaytv.com