Posted by Simon Perry on 7 November 2007 | Tagged as: BBC iPlayer, Video Services, UK, BBC, P2P
We met with Mark Taylor, President of the Open Source Consortium (OSC) last night, directly after his meeting with the BBC to discuss opening-up the iPlayer to run on more platforms than just the Microsoft browser.
It appears that the meetings were positive and boiled down to two points, the BBC feels they haven’t communicated their […]
Posted by Simon Perry on 6 November 2007 | Tagged as: BBC iPlayer, UK, BBC, Analysis
We’ve had a listen to the podcasted interview with Ashley Highfield, Director of BBC Future Media and Technology, put out by BBC Backstage and thought it was worth some comment.
It’s clearly part of a PR battle against those who are voicing disappointment at the BBC making the iPlayer only work on a Microsoft platform.
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Posted by Mike Slocombe on 6 August 2007 | Tagged as: BBC iPlayer, Content, UK, BBC, Gaming
Is the BBC about to make a major move into the gaming market?
Posted by Simon Perry on 27 July 2007 | Tagged as: BBC iPlayer, Microsoft, UK, BBC
There’s a lot of great things about the iPlayer - they biggest draw back is its total dependence on Microsoft.
Posted by Simon Perry on 27 July 2007 | Tagged as: BBC iPlayer, News In Brief, UK, BBC
Refreshing to know that the BBC Trust are OK with the BBC generated content going out in the clear.
Posted by Simon Perry on 26 July 2007 | Tagged as: Ofcom (UK super-regulator), BBC iPlayer, Microsoft, UK, BBC, Cross platform
There’s more to learn about the discussion between the BBC Trust and the OSC - it’s held in this recording.
Posted by Simon Perry on 26 July 2007 | Tagged as: Services, BBC iPlayer, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Microsoft, BBC, UK, Software
The BBC are stuck over support for Mac and Linux, as they’ve got a wholly Microsoft solution. Microsoft might be able to help them out further with Silverlight.
Posted by Simon Perry on 25 July 2007 | Tagged as: BBC iPlayer, UK, BBC
The BBC Trust statement is out
Posted by Simon Perry on 25 July 2007 | Tagged as: BBC iPlayer, Microsoft, UK, BBC
The BBC Trust are throwing their support behind the call for Linux support for the iPlayer.
Posted by Simon Perry on 20 July 2007 | Tagged as: BBC iPlayer, Business, UK, BBC
The originator of the BBC iPlayer (nee iMP) is leaving the corporation, after working hard to try and get it released.
