This Could Help The BBC
Talkback In principle, this crack makes it possible for iPlayer content to be made available for all computing platforms. Ironically, this could actually help the BBC, who have been heavily critisized for funding a system out of the TV license that will be...
[July 18, 2007, 9:01]
BBC Threatens IPlayer Hackers With Mild Annoyance
Blog Comment The iPlayer was the first new service to go through this process and It was The Trust who insisted that all this protection and time limits were put in place. Their point was that the UK citizens paid for the content to be created, so why should...
[June 12, 2008, 9:50]
Just For Interest, How Could The BBC Build Such A System?
Talkback Wouldn't the BBC need access to the TV license database to do what you're requesting? And then ask overseas users to enter their TV license number or something before being allowed access to the site?
[March 16, 2008, 16:31]
BBC Threatens IPlayer Hackers With Mild Annoyance
Blog Comment I've seen a number of ideas that look quite interesting (BBC Trust permitting), but for the period of the current 10 year charter, the BBC's finance model is based around the UK TV owner paying for his License.
[June 10, 2008, 14:22]
Free == Invisible ?
Talkback Finally, your amazing assertion that if you don't pay a license fee for a piece of software then you cease to exist. If your logic was followed we would not have GSM, digital TV, the Internet etc etc.
[July 25, 2007, 22:06]
You What?
Talkback iPlayer and 4OD can't use much more than 15-20k/s. And sure, we pay the license fee, but this is added value. Sorry but that's complete garbage. What is Tiscali whingeing about? I can get 850k/s on my 8mb Sky broadband (IPStream not LLU), so around...
[January 29, 2008, 22:30]
