I find the web streaming incredibly infuriating. Most people can't watch the live video streaming live in the morning because they're: asleep, busy getting ready for work/school, on the way to work/school or are at work/school so won't be able to sit there with the show on their computer monitors. I personally listen to the whole show on the iplayer, I can't listen live, so having to listen to them talk about watching something I have no chance of seeing is really annoying. I have downloaded the video from here and I sincerely thank neilt0, Console and J.E.D for their efforts, but due to the issue of capturing the BBC's ropey feed and then having to upload the show, it can't offer a realistic alternative (time wise) to listening to the show on the audio iplayer. The fans shouldn't be expected to cover the BBC's shortcomings anyway...
For the reasons stated above, video on demand should have been high on their list of priorities. Though the show can't be on the iplayer due BBC policies (video on the iplayer has to be broadcast on TV, sound on the radio), it could easily be embedded into a page on the Radio 1 site like
this. Even if it was only online for 24hrs or had to be broken up into three parts due to the shows length, it'd still be much better then the current situation. I'd be interested know this; how many people listen to the show each day on the iplayer and whether that number is more or less then the amount of people who watch live online in the morning, as surely watching the show would be more valuable to people who listen later in the day/evening at home, as opposed to those who listen live.
Anyway, overly long rant over.
