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RSS linux and bbcBBC 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]
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'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]
BBC takes wraps off iPlayer 2.0
News BBC iPlayer: Latest coverage BBC plugs iPlayer hack loophole BBC iPlayer lands on iPhone Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer BBC iPlayer gets 3.5 million hits Open sourcers welcome BBC iPlayer for Linux diams... [25 Jun 2008]
BBC reveals iPlayer user habits
News BBC iPlayer: Latest coverage BBC plugs iPlayer hack loophole BBC iPlayer lands on iPhone Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer BBC iPlayer gets 3.5 million hits Open sourcers welcome BBC iPlayer for Linux diams... [06 Aug 2008]
BBC iPlayer hacked… again
News Battley said: "I'm a Linux user, and the BBC iPlayer originally was only for Windows - I felt a bit alienated. The BBC released the iPhone version of iPlayer, and there's no Linux support. Just hours after the BBC said it had fixed the iPlayer... [17 Mar 2008]
iPlayer: Download version coming to Macs
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]
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]
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]
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]
Re:Viewing 2005: The stories of the year
News BBC shuts down BlackBerry service due to flaw This year alone we've written 246 stories about Apple, 220 on outsourcing, 214 about Google, 209 about BT, 201 about Microsoft, 161 on VoIP, 134 on viruses, 112 on spyware, 99 on RFID, 94 about Dell, 78... [22 Dec 2005]
BBC's Highfield hops off to Kangaroo
News BBC iPlayer: Latest coverage BBC plugs iPlayer hack loophole BBC iPlayer lands on iPhone Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer BBC iPlayer gets 3.5 million hits Open sourcers welcome BBC iPlayer for Linux diams... [15 Apr 2008]
BBC hits back at ISPs over iPlayer usage
News BBC iPlayer: Latest coverage ¦ BBC plugs iPlayer hack loophole ¦ BBC iPlayer lands on iPhone ¦ Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer ¦ BBC iPlayer gets 3.5 million hits ¦ Open sourcers welcome BBC iPlayer for Linux ¦ BBC signs up with... [04 Apr 2008]
