BBC Live Streaming

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a125635/more-bbc-channels-to-stream-live-online.html

So CBBC, Cbeebies and BBC Four join BBC News and BBC Three.

Surely not long until the big 2.

I can't imagine Cbeebies having a huge audience online, with it's target audience in mind.

And could we possibly see them all under 1 brand (iPlayer live?)

EDIT: Corrected spelling

The plan was for all the live streaming to be part of the iPlayer I believe.

Suspect BBC One and Two will take longer to stream - as I think the Beeb don't have streaming rights for some of the sports, movies and acquired content that is broadcast on these channels. However most of the new contracts the Beeb take include these as "Public Service Rights" - as well as the iPlayer streaming and download windows.

It isn't just bought-in shows that need rights agreements for these either - even stills, archive and music performances used in shows need to be cleared for the new media outlets...

Movies and acquired content seems to be the common problem, but as most if not all sport is already simulcast on the BBC Sport website I don't see why that would be a problem.

Could be useful in an appropriate environment such as playschool, nursery or any other suitable location, not just at home.

Interesting thing about streaming online is since a lot of broadcast content is missing from the iPlayer as it is as the BBC only have TV broadcast rights for a lot of archive material. Is it feasible to go back and obtain online rights for programmes like Keeping Up Appearances and Dad's Army that were both made years before the Internet even became mainstream? Who do you go to when the main cast of the programme died over twenty years ago?

It is most, not all... There are certain sports where the internet rights are sold separately. Match of the Day football is an obvious example?

Indeed it is, Virgin Media have the rights to Premiership highlights Online.

I'm sure its a matter of time before the BBC will have archive programmes on iPlayer, if ITV and Channel 4 can get archive programmes on their services, surely the BBC could go down the same route.

Match of the Day and MOTD2 are already simulcast on the BBC Sport website ...

I suspect this is more to do with a scaled launch and ensuring the servers can cope so they're launching in batches.