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New ITV Player launches with pay mechanism (January 2006)

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DrewF
Macalolo posted:
Is anyone else having problems viewing videos on the national and london news websites. Not only has the video size changed but the quality seems to have increased so much that I cannot view the videos because it is constantly buffering. I can watch Merdian's videos and they are wide :S


When I tried earlier it wouldn't work - loading about a second of video every 10 seconds..
MA
Macalolo
DrewF posted:
Macalolo posted:
Is anyone else having problems viewing videos on the national and london news websites. Not only has the video size changed but the quality seems to have increased so much that I cannot view the videos because it is constantly buffering. I can watch Merdian's videos and they are wide :S


When I tried earlier it wouldn't work - loading about a second of video every 10 seconds..


Mines stopping more frequent than that, they've changed the way they're uploading videos...im guessing that the site work over the weekend is the reason why this is happening.
MA
Macalolo
Anyone else having problems visiting regional and national news website?

19 days later

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pad
The quality on ITV Player is deteriorating - just trying to watch Downton Abbey and it's absolutely woeful, I literally cannot believe how degraded it is.

By this point ITV should be rivalling the BBC's player with HD playback options.

Could it be that ITV are trying to keep the service below par on purpose to deter people from preferring it to watching live? Shocked I can't think of any reason the service is so sh!t.
JO
Jonny
Surely you must have realised by now that ITV just don't do this internet thing well.
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pad
Jonny posted:
Surely you must have realised by now that ITV just don't do this internet thing well.


So you don't think it's tactical then.
JO
Jonny
pad posted:
Jonny posted:
Surely you must have realised by now that ITV just don't do this internet thing well.

So you don't think it's tactical then.

Tin hat on, possibly.

Realistically, they've been consistently getting it wrong since 2001; the sub-par player is just another feather in their shabby .com cap.
DB
dbl
Despite them moving over to Flash like 3 years ago, the quality still feels/looks like some poor WM codec.
:-(
A former member
Not really the solution, but if you can, catch up via STV's player - it's quality is a little better than ITV's.
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Macalolo
The online web team is to have 10% of its work force axed.
http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/broadcasters/itv/itv-axes-online-staff-in-digital-restructure/5033560.article
Last edited by Macalolo on 24 October 2011 11:16am
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inthenews
Macalolo posted:


10% axed! Shocked Doesn't 10% need to be added really!?
MA
Macalolo
inthenews posted:
Macalolo posted:


10% axed! Shocked Doesn't 10% need to be added really!?


As the article says only the top shows will receive priority when it comes to sites and content updates. Very disappointing.

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