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The Weekly Round-Up: 27.06.08
Round-Up Slightly better news for Windows fans, the BBC has taken the wraps off the new version of the splendid iPlayer. People underestimate how difficult it is to do this," said BBC tech boffin Erik Huggers. [27 Jun 2008]
BBC takes wraps off iPlayer 2.0
News The BBC's iPlayer on-demand TV service has undergone a major facelift designed to make it more appealing and easier to use. Almost a year after its beta launch, the BBC has added more functionality and improved the interface of the successful web... [25 Jun 2008]
BBC iPlayer hits 75 million downloads
News There was initial criticism of iPlayer due to it only being available on the Windows XP platform, but the BBC has worked to introduce the service on other platforms such as Virgin Media.iPlayer's popularity has also raised concerns from ISPs who... [20 May 2008]
Computer classics, Vista uptake, iPhone price cuts and Heathrow T5...
News BBC hits back at ISPs over iPlayer usage Soon to be ex-BBC tech chief Ashley Highfield raised interesting points about how the broadband industry should deal with the explosion of online content. Meanwhile, back in the present, silicon.com's Apple... [28 Apr 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. Just hours after the BBC said it had fixed the iPlayer streamed TV service to prevent DRM-free file downloads, a London-based programmer... [17 Mar 2008]
Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer
Cheat Sheet The BBC has consistently said it wants to offer a multiplatform iPlayer and has already made the download version compatible with Vista with a Mac version promised by the end of 2008. Well users can download or stream BBC content broadcast during... [05 Mar 2008]
iPlayer: Download version coming to Macs
News The download version of the BBC's iPlayer will be available for Mac users by the end of the year, according to director general, Mark Thompson. In his posting he said: "I am happy to be able to confirm here that we are aiming to launch a download... [08 Feb 2008]
Stories of the year
News BBC iPlayer row: The government speaks… Controversy around the BBC iPlayer was seldom out of the news this year with the government responding to an e-petition complaining about the lack of a version for Macs and Linux on the 10 Downing Street... [14 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]
Dear silicon.com... petty cash, Vista sales, swelling SMEs...
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com news editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Peter Cochrane's Blog: Generation X ¦ Q&A: Ashley Highfield, head of BBC's Future Media and Technology unit ¦ The Brampton Factor: Chinese... [01 Nov 2007]
BBC tech chief hits back at iPlayer critics
News The BBC has hit back at criticisms from the Mac and open source communities over the iPlayer only being available for Microsoft's Windows XP platform. The BBC launched the iPlayer in July this year for the Windows XP platform, leading to criticism... [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]
Leader: Time for a ceasefire in iPlayer row
Leader In addition, as one silicon.com reader pointed out, Channel 4's 4OD TV service is also only available for XP and Vista, so the BBC isn't the only organisation non-Windows users might like to moan at. There has been a lot of criticism levelled at... [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 The BBC Trust statement said it is "fully committed to users of both the Linux and Mac operating systems having full use of the BBC iPlayer". The BBC and the Open Source Consortium (OSC) have met to discuss concerns surrounding the development of... [25 Jul 2007]
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