Posted in: BBC, Broadband Video Companies, Legal, DRM, Piracy & IP, News, Video on Demand by Cyndy Aleo-Carreira on July 10, 2007
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DRM & Copyright Destroying Internet Television? » Web TV Wire Says:
July 12th, 2007 at 12:22 pm[...] The BBC being attacked for its DRM infested and single format iPlayer. We could have seen something great that allowed us to simply catch up with missed TV shows on the internet but the copyright holders didn’t want that. [...]
BBC iPlayer a Microsoft DRM Waste? Says:
July 13th, 2007 at 9:07 am[...] I’m a huge fan of the BBC’s progressive online video practices, but their online video technology may leave much to be desired. Cyndy Aleo-Carreira tears into the Microsoft (ick) DRM (double ick) in their upcoming proprietary iPlayer. The upcoming iPlayer, recently announced its July 27th launch, despite being in development since 2003. It will allow users to watch BBC television broadcasts seven days after they are aired. [...]
Weekly Round-up » Floppyhead - Digital Media and Home Theater Computers Says:
July 19th, 2007 at 7:15 pm[...] BBC iPlayer facing DRM issues – BBC wants DRM too. [...]
BBC iPlayer Beta Launches Today | Service Criticised Over Reliability and Late Arrival » Web TV Wire Says:
July 30th, 2007 at 11:18 am[...] The iPlayer has already caused controversy amongst open source campaigners upset that the service will only be compatible with the PC’s Microsoft Windows XP operating system. [...]
The Future Of The BBC iPlayer | True Multi-Platform Downloads and International Viewing Says:
November 8th, 2008 at 6:05 pm[...] also wants to see the iPlayer’s long-running problem of only fully catering to Windows users solved by the end of the year, with a download manager [...]