[Sussex] BBC Video Downloads

[Nico Kadel-Garcia]

Geoff Teale wrote:
> To whom it may concern,
>
> The BBC are planning new video download services on their website.  In
> principle it's not a bad thing to get a new way of accessing material
> that we all pay for via our license fees.  The Trust who must makes
> changes to the the BBC's license in order to support this development
> have a questionnaire about some of the details of their proposed
> service.
>
> These questions include:
>
> "How important is it that the proposed seven-day catch-up service over
> the internet is available to consumers who are not using Microsoft
> software?"
>
> I would translate this into:
>
> "May the BBC spend the money you give it to artificially boost and
> reinforce the market share a convicted monopolist, destroying British
> and European businesses as it goes?"
>   
Down, boy. I'm working for the BBC on a related project. It's a matter 
of public record that they're taking the issue seriously and plan to 
make the material available for non-Windows Media players.