BBC Releases IPlayer Beta
News The Open Source Consortium met with the BBC Trust recently to discuss concerns about the iPlayer's lack of compatibility with other platforms. The BBC's online, on-demand TV iPlayer was released for public download on Friday following its launch a...
[July 30, 2007, 8:35]
IPlayer For Linux Wins Approval Of Open Sourcers
News Following a meeting with the OSC, the BBC's independent governing body, the BBC Trust, restated its commitment to make the download version of iPlayer "platform agnostic". The BBC Trust said the streaming iPlayer service is only a "partial solution...
[December 18, 2007, 7:51]
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]
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]
