Fixed BBC IPlayer Hacked Again
News Just hours after the BBC said it had fixed the iPlayer streamed TV service to prevent DRM-free file downloads, a London-based programmer has bypassed the new protection. Paul Battley, a developer for crowd-sourced reviews site Reevoo, wrote on his...
[March 14, 2008, 16:00]
BBC Threatens IPlayer Hackers With Mild Annoyance
Blog Hence the iPlayer, which delivers TV to people's computers. Others in the TV industry, never entirely happy with this 'broadcasting' idea in the first place, insist that every effort is made to prevent the wrong people from doing the wrong thing...
[June 9, 2008, 11:42]
So If The BBC Is Committed To Providing A Linux Version Of IPlayer...
Talkback Personally, I think the BBC's arguments for DRM are dead in the water ever since the BBC decided to go ahead with the iPlayer launch despite the fact that the DRM has been cracked. But regardless, yes, if I were using iPlayer then I would be...
[July 26, 2007, 13:05]
BBC Fixes Hack Loophole In IPlayer
News The BBC has issued a fix for a loophole that allowed hackers to download unrestricted content from its iPlayer online TV service. The download version of iPlayer was launched in beta form last summer before being joined by a streaming version when...
[March 14, 2008, 8:59]
IPlayer Enjoys 'wonderful Start' To 2008
News In an exclusive interview with sister site silicon.com, Ashley Highfield discussed the iPlayer, DRM and more. More than 3.5 million BBC programmes have been watched using the BBC's online, on-demand iPlayer TV service during the fortnight after...
[January 16, 2008, 11:06]
BBC Threatens IPlayer Hackers With Mild Annoyance
Blog Comment If you are developing iPhone apps and using the simulator to access iPlayer, then you could be OK. DRM is all about maintaining distribution models based on outmoded ideas of territory and restricted access.
[June 10, 2008, 0:01]
DRM Pain In The A$$
Talkback DRM is just a pain in the a$$ anyway. I can't play a file legitimatly downloaded from the beeb on my avi/wmv compatible DVD player to watch on my TV because of it. Not everyone has a PC media system connected to their TV's or want to sit a corner...
[December 20, 2007, 10:27]
