tvnzondemand – streaming works on osx

TVNZ ondemand launched and is covered on GeekZone Forums and by Mauricio. The streaming via a flash player works on my mac, albeit with very low framerate. I even watched a minute or two of Piha Rescue (not a show I watch, and nor are any of the others which are local shows only) in full screen mode on my 30 inch screen. Sadly it then went to permanent pause mode – probably network issues.

I tried again with the TVNZ news and country calendar and same result – about 20 seconds to 2 minutes in I encountered the dreaded permanent pause.

In OSX I cannot see the download functions talked about by the Windoze guys, which is good handling of the failure.

I also like the single ad before the show approach – I’m far more likely to watch just one short ad than a plethora on TV. I’ll stick with MySky and The Daily Show (Go C4) for now, but well done TVNZ – a good start. Next step is to lose the expiry dates and the DRM.

All said – I’d far rather read my news, but then I suppose I have to say that….

Scoopit!