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BBC shuts out open source software
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| At the heart of the problem is Adobe which
| is not allowing its RTMP content
| protection measures to become open source.
| This makes it impossible to create a fully
| compatible open source RTMP client.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1594052/bbc-shuts-source-software
BBC Trust won't probe iPlayer open source gripes
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| The governing body of the BBC has no plans
| to investigate the Corporation's decision
| to block open source implementations of
| RTMP (real-time messaging protocol)
| streaming in the iPlayer, despite grumbles
| from many UK viewers and listeners of the
| service.
|
| "The decision to block open source plugins
| is a matter for BBC Management. The Trust
| has not received any complaints on this
| issue and has no plans to look into it
| further at present," a BBC Trust
| spokeswoman told The Register.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/01/no_bbc_trust_probe_iplayer_swf_verification/
BBC slashes its website operation
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| EXECUTIVES AT THE BBC are making huge cuts
| to the outfit's website in an admission it
| has become too large.
|
| According to AFP, a strategic review to be
| announced next month will admit that the
| BBC must give space to its commercial
| rivals, which have been hard hit by an
| advertising downturn.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1593768/bbc-slashes-website-operation
Recent:
BBC blocks open source software from iPlayer video service
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| The BBC has enabled SWF Verification for its
| iPlayer streaming video service. This content
| protection mechanism has locked out users who
| consume the iPlayer video content with open
| source software.
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http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/02/bbc-blocks-open-source-software-from-iplayer-video-service.ars
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