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get_iplayer dropped in response to BBCâs lack of support for open source
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| The events of the past two weeks (here,
| here, here and here) have clarified the
| BBCâs stance on allowing interoperability
| with open-source iPlayer clients. I have
| therefore decided to withdraw get_iplayer
| with immediate effect.
|
| Ian Hunterâs post (Managing Editor, BBC
| Online) provided very clear guidance on the
| way the BBC feels about open-source
| applications accessing iPlayer streams. I
| have no desire act against the BBCâs wishes
| in this respect.
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http://linuxcentre.net/get_iplayer-dropped-in-response-to-bbcs-lack-of-support-for-open-source
Microsoft launches free rival to BBC iPlayer - the MSN Video Player
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| The system was launched by Ashley
| Highfield, Microsoftâs UK consumer and
| online managing director, who had been one
| of the key figures behind the development
| of the BBCâs iPlayer.
|
| The iPlayer has been remarkably successful
| in Britain, regularly dealing with more
| than 40 million programme requests a month.
|
| However, Mr Highfield insisted that
| Microsoftâs product, which has been in
| testing for the past six months, is
| superior to the iPlayer. âNot all video
| players are equal,â he said. âOur average
| viewer watches for 25 minutes,
| significantly higher than other online
| services. It shows weâre doing more than
| slapping on any programme for people to
| watch.â
|
| The technology company has secured deals
| with a number of television studios and
| broadcasters such as Endemol, the maker of
| Big Brother; RDF Media, which created
| Location, Location, Location; and BBC
| Worldwide.
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http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article7056476.ece
"We have 17.1 million users of bbc.co.uk in the UK and, as far as
our server logs can make out, 5 per cent of those [use Macs] and
around 400 to 600 are Linux users."
--Ashley Highfield, Microsoft liar
Recent:
Microsoft 'takes on Goliath' with Bing TV ads mocking Google
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| This is a big moment â we are taking out our
| slingshots and taking on Goliath," said the
| managing director and vice-president of
| consumer and online at Microsoft UK, Ashley
| Highfield, adding that he believed Bing met a
| real desire from both consumers and
| advertisers...
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/mar/08/microsoft-bing-tv-ads-google"; title="
BBC vows to reinvent web services
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| Ashley Highfield, director of the BBC's new
| media division, shared a platform with
| Microsoft boss Bill Gates at a technology
| conference in Las Vegas [...] Mr Highfield
| demonstrated how a system like iMP could work
| on a computer running Microsoft's updated
| Windows Vista operating system as part of a
| potential home entertainment solution
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4828336.stm
TV facing 'iTunes moment' warns Microsoft's Ashley Highfield
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| Television industry must act soon or face losing control of its online
| presence to brand such as Apple, says Highfield
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/29/ashley-highfield-edinburgh-tv-festival
Microsoft Exec to Serve as International Emmy Gala Chair
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| Blair Westlake, the corporate VP of Microsoftâs Media & Entertainment Group,
| will serve as the Gala Chair of this year's International Emmy Awards, which
| take place on November 23 in New York City.
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http://www.worldscreen.com/articles/display/22188
Microsoft's Westlake to chair Emmy Awards
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2009728857_microsofts_westlake_to_chair_e.html
Related:
Status Quo: Can't watch the news in Linux
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| As you can see, we had one site that improved (CBS News) and one site that
| has actually gotten worse (BBC News). Congratulations to CBS news for joining
| the 21-century. I am not sure what to say about BBC News. Apparently, the BBC
| is now using a new video player called the "BBC iPlayer", which only supports
| Microsoft Windows operating systems. Because of this, there was a lot of
| controversy about the highly restricted player, including this petition.
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http://useopensource.blogspot.com/2008/01/status-quo-cant-watch-news-in-linux.html
BBC Director General grilled by MPs on iPlayer
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| During the meeting there is discussion of iPlayerâs total cost to the licence
| fee-payer - the BBC representatives are unable to give a figure, but start
| the bidding at Â20m, excluding staff costs. Thomson gives incorrect
| information - that Mac and Linux versions of iPlayer have the same
| functionality as Windows versions - and has to change his evidence at the
| end. Perhaps it was this confusion that prompted Dr John Pugh MP to follow up
| the encounter with a letter direct to Mark Thomson today discussing platform
| neutrality in greater detail. A copy of this letter has been passed to the
| Open Rights Group.
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http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2008/01/10/bbc-director-general-grilled-by-mps-on-iplayer/
BBC Corrupted
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| Today the BBC made it official -- they have been corrupted by Microsoft. With
| today's launch of the iPlayer, the BBC Trust has failed in its most basic of
| duties and handed over to Microsoft sole control of the on-line distribution
| of BBC programming. From today, you will need to own a Microsoft operating
| system to view BBC programming on the web. This is akin to saying you must
| own a Sony TV set to watch BBC TV. And you must accept the Digital
| Restrictions Management (DRM) that the iPlayer imposes. You simply cannot be
| allowed to be in control of your computer according to the BBC.
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http://defectivebydesign.org/blog/BBCcorrupted
BBC iPlayer Protests
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| Who are the people responsible for creating this mess?
|
| * Mark Thompson, BBC director general (DG)
| * Erik Huggers, group controller at BBC Future Media & Technology
| * Ashley Highfield, director of new media and technology
|
| Right now, there is very considerable concern within the BBC that the actions
| of the Director General and his team are sending the corporation in the wrong
| direction. The BBC has been embroiled in a number of recent controversies,
| all linked back to the DG's leadership.
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http://www.defectivebydesign.org/iPlayerProtest
Why Linux Users Should Be Furious At BBC
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| Recently the BBC had a bit of a wake up call regarding numbers and how many
| Linux users were really out there. Why does any of this matter? It has to do
| with something the BBC provides called the iPlayer. Seriously, relying on
| ActiveX is so "1990's" that it's painful, and as luck would have it, the
| Linux users who wish to use this BBC player made sure that the BBC knew that
| they were making the sought after content inaccessible to those people using
| Linux.
|
| No iPlayer for Linux Users, But There Will Be An Alternative. Based on what I
| have been able to gather thus far, it looks like we will see an Adobe Flash
| option coming out soon. Then again, who really cares? Seriously, if the BBC
| is this foolish to ignore how much Linux growth is taking place both in the
| UK as well as the surrounding countries, then maybe people ought to be
| looking elsewhere? Is it because this is indeed, the BBC? So there is the
| belief that this is the people's media? Up until now, I enjoyed much of what
| the BBC had to offer, but this entire thing is enough to have pushed me away.
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http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2731&Itemid=449
Beeb slammed for 'fawning' to Bill Gates
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| BBC viewers have flooded the corporation with complaints over how it
| covered the launch of Microsoft Vista earlier this week.
|
| In one cringingly servile interview worthy of Uriah Heep, the
| Beeb's news presenter Hugh Edwards even thanked Gates at the
| end of it, presumably in appreciation at being allowed to give
| the Vole vast coverage for free.
|
| In other TV news items presenters excitedly explained how Vistac
| ould be obtained and installed - details courtesy of the BBC's
| website.
|
| But British viewers, currently forced to pay a Â131.50 licence
| fee to maintain the BBC's "impartiality", were less than impressed.
|
| Scores got in touch to complain that so much was Auntie up Bill's
| bum that you could barely see her corset.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37411
http://slated.org/bbc_microsoft_bias
BBC: Death by a thousand top-slices
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| So it looks like the end of the unique, state-centric model for funding the
| BBC. An incoming Conservative administration is unlikely to be more
| sympathetic to the BBC, with its stifling bureucracy and monopoly control
| over a compulsory tax.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/18/bbc_top_slicing/
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