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If you are in the UK and near a computer (but not near a TV) wanting to watch live football (or soccer if you prefer) action then head over to the BBC One Euro 2008 pages and watch it there - streamed live in Flash via FMS.

The quality is nothing to write home about, which is likely due to a low bitrate used. My guess would be sub-300 kbit (see screengrab). Still, even in fullscreen and way better than the stamp sized experiences we used to see only a few years ago. How times have changed - here we have one of the biggest sporting events in the world streamed live, for free, over the net. I wish Sky would take some ideas from that.

But bitrates aside (they could be adjusted if wanted by the broadcaster), this is a huge event for live Flash video. After the Masters a few months ago I doubt that anyone still has any doubts about Flash as a viable and credible live streaming platform.

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It doesn't work for brazilians
# Posted By hacebe | 6/9/08 1:20 AM
not working in belgium, english are always doing this :((
# Posted By Philippe Maegerman | 6/9/08 10:33 AM
That's why I started my post with 'if you are in the UK...'
The BBC always block non-UK countries, the same goes for iPlayer content.
# Posted By Stefan Richter | 6/9/08 12:04 PM