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If Microsoft canât charge for it, you donât get it? â BBC iPlayer & Xmas woe?
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| What of Microsoft indeed. It is reported
| that talks between the BBC and Microsoft
| have hit a stalemate with sources close to
| the BBC reporting that:
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| Microsoft only wants to offer its users
| access to platforms it can charge for
| as this is the model it is pursuing. It
| wants to ensure that only those paying
| for Xbox Live Gold accounts can access
| its additional content services and
| even then there is usually a charge on
| top to get access to those. For
| example, to access the Sky Player on
| Xbox, you have to pay for a Gold
| subscription as well as a Sky
| subscription
|
| Do it our way or not at all? It certainly
| seems that way to me and whilst Nintendo
| and Sony users are apparently enjoying the
| benefits of the service, Microsoft
| customers are not so lucky as it appears
| Microsoft want to make a buck. We had
| covered this before, but when looking at
| the Xbox 360 its hardware failures, the
| reports on build quality many have
| submitted on the net and add into that
| Microsoft putting its eggs into the HDDVD
| format (instead of Bluray) one has to
| wonder what its users make of it now?
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http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2010/01/17/if-microsoft-cant-charge-for-it-you-dont-get-it-bbc-iplayer-xmas-woe/
Recent:
iPlayer not compatible with Windows 7
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| Please be advised that currently BBC iPlayer
| is not compatible with Windows 7. We do intend
| on making the service compatible with all
| platforms. However at present it is not
| possible for us to confirm an exact date this
| will be released. We'll announce these
| versions as soon as they're ready...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbiplayer/F8035762?thread=7045786
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