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News Open sourcers welcome BBC iPlayer for Linux BBC stats suggest around 90 per cent of people using the streaming version of iPlayer are running Windows, with around nine per cent on Macs and just under one per cent on Linux. [08 Feb 2008]
Is online TV throttling broadband networks?
News Open sourcers welcome BBC iPlayer for Linux Specifically the recent surge of interest in the BBC's iPlayer online on-demand TV service raised this issue following a massive 3.5 million programmes being streamed or downloaded in the two... [28 Jan 2008]
BBC iPlayer gets 3.5 million hits
News More than 3.5 million BBC programmes have been watched using the BBC's online on-demand iPlayer TV service during the fortnight after Christmas Day. Ashley Highfield, director of Future Media and Technology at the BBC, said the corporation thought... [15 Jan 2008]
BBC iPlayer gets Christmas bonus
News The BBC's iPlayer website saw a 14-fold increase in traffic during the festive period. In an exclusive interview with silicon.com Ashley Highfield, the head of the BBC's Future Media and Technology, suggested a download version of iPlayer for all... [10 Jan 2008]
Open sourcers welcome BBC iPlayer for Linux
News In a recent interview with silicon.com, Ashley Highfield, head of the BBC's future media and technology unit, was unable to commit to a download version of iPlayer for Macs and Linux but said he was "pretty certain" there would be one at some... [17 Dec 2007]
BBC's iPlayer comes to Macs and Linux
News A streaming version of the BBC's iPlayer online TV on-demand service has been launched for the Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. In an exclusive interview with silicon.com in October, the BBC's head of Future Media and Technology, Ashley Highfield... [14 Dec 2007]
BBC tech chief hits back at iPlayer critics
News The BBC launched the iPlayer in July this year for the Windows XP platform, leading to criticism from Mac and Linux users. The BBC has hit back at criticisms from the Mac and open source communities over the iPlayer only being available for... [30 Oct 2007]
Q&A: Ashley Highfield, head of BBC's Future Media and Technology unit
Comment As head of the BBC's Future Media and Technology unit Ashley Highfield, one of this year's silicon.com Agenda Setters, is responsible for dragging the Beeb into the digital age through initiatives such as the iPlayer. [30 Oct 2007]
Leader: Why the BBC must do more with iPlayer
Leader The BBC estimates less then three per cent of computer users in the UK are Mac users although figures for Linux aren't given. The BBC is in the process of developing a video streaming version of iPlayer, its online on-demand TV service, for both... [19 Oct 2007]
Dear silicon.com... wi-fi CCTV, BBC iPlayer, skills shortage, robots...
Comment BBC controversy? This is one argument the BBC will never win.platform agnostic? BBC iPlayer row: The government speaks The BBC should close the iPlayer Service with immediate effect until it can provide the service for the other platforms. [13 Sep 2007]
Leader: Time for a ceasefire in iPlayer row
Leader There has been a lot of criticism levelled at the BBC for its on-demand TV service - iPlayer - since it was unveiled back in June. And as for compatibility, while the question about whether the iPlayer can become cross-platform is worth asking... [31 Jul 2007]
Stories of the month - July 2007
News BBC iPlayer petition hits 10,000 Meanwhile, the BBC was raising hackles with its on-demand TV service. The age-old Mac vs PC debate was reignited this month when half of the silicon.com CIO Jury decided the cost of upgrading to Microsoft's latest... [30 Jul 2007]
We want iPlayer for Linux and Mac fans, says BBC Trust
News Taylor explained the issue isn’t just about desktops but also mobile phones and media players - many of which run on Linux or Apple software - which the BBC claims it wants to bring iPlayer to. The BBC Trust statement said it is "fully committed to... [25 Jul 2007]
BBC iPlayer petition hits 10,000
News At the time of writing, 10,006 people had signed the petition calling for the Prime Minster to instruct the BBC to provide the iPlayer for other operating systems, such as Linux or Apple's OS X.iPlayer is the BBC's online on-demand television... [23 Jul 2007]
BBC web TV revamp: Linux and Apple are in
News The BBC has announced its web TV plan will provisionally go ahead, despite concern from media watchdog Ofcom over how the launch would affect the UK's commercial telly. The BBC Trust, which governs the Beeb, has amended its proposals for the web TV... [01 Feb 2007]
