I am very pleased to announce that most of the partner channels we offer on our service through our website (as opposed to those available in the desktop player) are now in Flash format.

Some of the channels are still in Windows Media format as they are not acquired by us directly via satellite but are passed to us by our partners in this format. We are looking at ways to convert them to Flash without losing quality but for now we are going to leave them as they are.

But for Al Jazeera, Russia Today, Euronews, etc (and BBC World News and the other channels very soon), the streams are now in Flash.

What does it mean for our viewers?

A couple of things: 1) more people have Flash installed which means that more people will be able to watch our partner channels without having to install any plugin or other software 2) we can lower the data required to offer a quality experience so that viewers on a slower connections will finally be able to enjoy are service which has always been impossible with anyone with a basic ADSL line to enjoy (256kbps).

We hope this is a welcome change and we look forward to hearing your comments on the blog or on the forum.

Happy watching!

Matteo