Channel 4 offering on-demand TV for UK users but not Mac/Linux compatible!
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| Seriously, this has gone too far, they explicitly state on their site
| that they're required to use a certain DRM by their content owners
| which is obviously WMV:
| http://help.channel4.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?
| St=80,E=0000000000004217305,K=4636,Sxi=19,CASE=1363 We need Apple to
| open up FairPlay! Who's with me?
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http://digg.com/apple/Channel_4_offering_on_demand_TV_for_UK_users_but_not_Mac_Linux_compatible
http://tinyurl.com/y2txlv
Related:
Beeb breaks out with Windows WMA protection
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| According to a press release from Sonos, the blokes over
| at the Beeb have decided to jump ship for relying on
| Realplayer for web content, and have switched over
| entirely to the Windows-friendly WMA format. Now
| that the BBC has made The Big Switch, BBC radio
| stations will be received automatically for users
| of wireless music and radio provider Sonos.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35282
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