Ben Barron, my 2web compatriot points out that Australia’s ninemsn is beginning to offer downloads of some of its television shows, such as McLeod’s Daughters.
It uses MPS Broadband and Space Coin, at least that’s what is in the terms and conditions. Having said that, it says everything is covered under UK law and charged in UK pounds. So I’m guessing they haven’t changed the terms and conditions yet. A bit sloppy.
I’d love to have a go of the service, but I tried it with Firefox on OS X, which wouldn’t even launch the Flash application, Safari, which couldn’t play any of the videos (including the 30 second preview), and IE on Windows, which played the preview but I couldn’t download the episode. Perhaps it’s a Windows Media issue, but without errors, it doesn’t make it intuitive.
So if anyone can get it working, I’d like to know how, and next week the cost.
I’d love to say it’s a step forward for Aussie television, but given it doesn’t work, I can’t say it is.
