[Gllug] Maybe a BBC iPlayer for Linux after all

[Chris Bell]

On Thu 26 Jul, Caroline Ford wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 14:19 +0100, Richard Huxton wrote:
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/25/bbc_iplayer_linux_macosx/
> > 
> > "It was a condition of approval for the BBC's on-demand services that 
> > platform neutrality be achieved within a reasonable period."
> > 
> > It's almost like they're acting in the public's interest or something. 
> > My cynicism is going to have a quiet lie down for the afternoon - it's 
> > having a bad day.
> 
> "reasonable period" - could mean anything - no dates
> 
> "However, the trust is aware that achieving this is dependent on the
> actions of third parties outside the BBC's control." - like the creation
> of windows media player for linux? 
> 
> Caroline
> 
   I am not sure whether BBC Research Department has been sold off yet, but
they were developing an Open Source CODEC (Dirac) and asking the Open Source
Community to take it on board and join in with the development so that it
could not be lost to an outside company.

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Chris Bell

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