Maybe someone should make the BBC aware of their Purpose and Values
statement. As per http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/purpose/

Public purposes

The BBC is a unique institution, owned by the British people and independent
of political and commercial interests.

By only allowing users of a certian operating system, which has to be paid
for, does that not constitute as a "commercial interest"?



On 09/04/2008, peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 2008-04-09 at 18:52 +0100, Jmaes Edward Grabham wrote:
> > Rob Beard wrote:
> > > Kris Douglas wrote:
> > >
> > >> There are a few drawbacks for the flash version though, like the
> > >> requirement for flash, which is sometimes hard to fulfil.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > Not on the Wii there isn't, Flash is included in the Opera browser.
> > > Although saying that it's not a great browser on the Wii, more of a
> > > novelty item.
> > >
> > > I only downloaded it because it was free when it first came out (now
> > > it's something like 500 Wii Points so about £3.50).
> > >
> > > I can certainly see why they've done it.  I just don't see why they
> > > can't provide an MP4 feed for Linux users, even if it's a binary
> > > application using an encrypted stream.  Surely it's got to be possible
> > > and easy enough to implement.
> > >
> > > Rob
> > >
> > >
> > To what ends though?
> >
> > The BBC is a socialist "corporation" - you HAVE to pay them BY LAW.
> > Therefore there's no profit increasing who gets thei I-services.  If you
> > had to pay, theyd be getting an extra however much per user, but as
> > you're paying anyway, why should they bother.  With no financial
> > incentives, they won't do anything.
> >
> >
> > Socialism at its best.
> >
>
>
> Nonsense, by that logic we would still only have 1 bbc radio channel.
> Also whilst the article says that for now only the flash video version
> will work on the wii, the "news" is that IPlayer will be available as a
> wii channel in the UK allowing both streaming and downloading content,
> Of course were this will be stored on the hard disk less wii is another
> matter.
>
>
> Peter
>
>
>
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