On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Nick Reynolds-FM&T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > People may be interested in this blog post from Ashley: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/03/bbc_iplayer_on_iphone_upd > ate_1.html > >
FTA: "In fact, more than most: the vast majority. Something like just one twentieth of one percent have accessed a BBC iPlayer programme via a hack." The whole point about the recent update is that the server really can't tell if the client is an iPhone or not, so where does that stat come from? I'd also like to see numbers regarding actual iPhone visits Vs the number of people that actually own an iPhone. I would just love for that ratio to be greater than 1. Good post though. It really does see like the general consensus from the Beeb is that they recognise this sort of inquisitive hackery isn't malicious or harmful, which was always what I thought which just makes the warning post I got last week from James Cridland seem really odd. I don't understand why getting media in a loggable, traceable manner over the internet is somehow more dangerous than getting it from a nationwide broadcast (at a much higher quality). I probably wouldn't be bothering with this at all if I could get a digital TV reception in my house - I'd just be storing the shows to HDD on a PVR like everyone else. I look forward to the day when this will seem as ludicrous to BBC management as it does to everyone else right now. Cheers, Iain - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
