And from inside the BBC we have a reply from Ashley Highfield (head of future
media and technology).
We've added it to the blog post -
http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2007/08/defective_by_de.html
Here's a snip-it from Ashley's reply to single platform lock in
"We believe in Universality, I would not let our content be restricted to one
platform. Beyond IP, we are also exploring how we can get versions of BBC
iPlayer on to Freeview (DTT), FreeSat, and have plans to launch on cable with
Virgin Media. We look closely at all possible platforms for distribution. PDAs,
media centres, city centre video screens, kiosks, and so on. Some platforms
require particular technologies, and some may simply not be economically viable
for us to reversion for or distribute to (we must always weigh up the cost per
person reached)."
Cheers,
Ian Forrester
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Sent: 14 August 2007 16:31
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Subject: [backstage] From the front lines... Defective By Design Protest
From the backstage blog
http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2007/08/defective_by_de.html
"It was a very wet morning but that didn't stop around 20 people
turning out to let the BBC know exactly what they thought of its use of DRM in
iPlayer.
We've pulled those comments together and made a special podcast which
you can download from here;
http://blip.tv/file/339619
There are also some photos from the even which you can see here
http://flickr.com/photos/mattcashmore/sets/72157601436583881/
and here
http://flickr.com/photos/cubicgarden/sets/72157601430492360/
and some here
http://flickr.com/groups/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pool/"
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BBC Future Media & Technology, Research and Innovation
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