“More than 10,000 people have signed an e-petition on the 10 Downing Street website urging the BBC to make its iPlayer available to non-Windows users,” Tim Ferguson reports for Silicon.com.
“At the time of writing, 10,006 people had signed the petition calling for the Prime Minster to instruct the BBC to provide the iPlayer for other operating systems, such as Linux or Apple’s OS X,” Ferguson reports.
“iPlayer is the BBC’s online on-demand television service which was launched last month. It will be available for public download on 27 July – but only for Windows XP users,” Ferguson reports.
“The BBC added that developing a version for Apple Macs and Microsoft Vista is ‘absolutely on our critical path for this year,'” Ferguson reports.
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British people rock!
I don’t quite understand why Brits hate Macs. Price? Resistance to individuality?
Here about a year ago I emailed the BBC asking why they didn’t support QuickTime.
They sent a snotty reply telling me that the BBC couldn’t support such a non-standard technology and if I wanted to see their videos I should use the world-class standard, Windows.
I did an end run around the buggers and installed Flip4Mac. It worked just fine.
I have since switch to SkyNews for my British news.
Like Anthony Soprano, I am puzzled as why the Brits seem to resist the Mac. Perhaps they will come round with time…and good advertising.
Who cares about anything from the Bull$hit Balloney Crap channel.
The BBC is the worst propaganda outfit, almost as bad as Reuters or CNN.
Watching BCC or reserved for idiots only.
“The BBC is the worst propaganda outfit, almost as bad as Reuters or CNN.”
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How can the BBC be “the worst propaganda outfit” and “almost as bad as Reuters or CNN” at the same time? If they are the worst, then wouldn’t that make them *worse* than Reuters or CNN?
Gotta love the Internet. People can make themselves sound smart and stupid all at the same time.
I’m curious why the BBC even embarked on a Windows-only path to begin with? Who’s running that joint?
I’ve successfully Switched 5 Brits, possibly 6, and am working on 7 and 8.
The BBC is an excellent news organization. Since they don’t exist to make money from advertising, they don’t have to slap together a fresh report on Paris Hilton every fifteen minutes.
Sure, they don’t seem to like Israel very much, and their favorite subject by far is “the BBC,” but I would rather get my information about important events from a left-leaning but largely un-beholden organization like them than any outfit controlled by Rupert Murdoch. Talk about propaganda…
That deal with microsoft is a real strange one, though. I can’t imagine a less ideologically compatible pair than those two. Maybe one day the beeb will wake up, covered in Windows Vomit, and scream, “What was I thinking?!?”
Eew.
I’m surprised that the British Gov’t allowed BBC to only offer iPlayer and content to the Windows-only crowd… AFAIK, the British have to pay a TV tax to keep the BBC in business. It seems unfair to the British tax payers that are not Windows users.
Taxation without Representation all over again me thinks
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in-n-out double double cheeseburgers rule!
have you ever sat down with a double double, fries and a large dr pepper while you have MDN on the 17″ macbook pro screen?
heaven, i’m in heaven…………
>The BBC is the worst propaganda outfit, almost as bad as Reuters or CNN.”<
Not really… Fox Noise beats all others for earning “the worst propaganda outfit” moniker on the planet !
Hands down !
What do you expect from such an icon of the evil AENUS (Anustralia, England ‘N US)? I used to have respect for that lot, but like many others I have gone places where democracy and freedom of speech actually mean something.
Now on a lighter side, I heard a great joke the other day.
“What do you call a terrorist that is too stupid to set off a car bomb?
– An american soldier in Iraq.”
rofl!
Nice catch, mate!
I signed up. Signature total currently at 11,135.
If you’re a British citizen and you want to sign the petition but you haven’t …you may be experiencing a hesitation. If you’ve experienced a hesitation lasting more than 4 hours you should consult someone with a clinging participle. very hopefully yours, your distant cousin.
The revolution will NOT be televised…
Look, just because the BBC is a little backwards in their thinking does not give us the right to critique. The last time the Brits did not like our thinking they came over here and showed us a thing or two……. Oh, wait, I suppose their backward thinking has always got them what they deserved.
Let’s dance!!
MDN Word: looked, as in, All looked fine at 8:23 pm EST until that damn Jarrett start a cross atlantic war.
Or PST.
Road Warrior said : “I have gone places where democracy and freedom of speech actually mean something.”
Please tell us where ?
I would, but since the head of the Iraq government has said that the Americans can leave anytime they are looking for a new country to invade, last I heard it was Iran or Pakistan.
Without being specific you might want to look at the first 20 or so peaceful countries, that should give you an idea of where.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY;=/www/story/05-30-2007/0004598231&EDATE;
Just a note, I have been specific before, but that just serves to bring out the yanks with their “other country” bashing. They must be compensating for something.
I am curious also….. Where have you gone.
MDN Word…. “told” As in I was told that you are full of shit!
10,000? That’s all?!! No wonder the Beeb doesn’t give a hoot about their Mac users; they’re clearly mutes.
Wait… this is incredible, you are obviously British with your “yank” comment, and yet you can not properly construct and sentence with in the language? How fitting…. and you all seem to get upset when I say that stupidity has run amok. By know means is my structuring even remotely correct, but hell I do not ever put myself, as a “yank”, in some sort of “better” class than anyone.
Way to go english whores, just keep mothering the future of ignorant, unintelligent human beings. Who knows, maybe one day you will have less than you have. Seems to me at one point your kingdom was a lot larger. Or am I just missing something from my recollection of history?
When in doubt, try not to adapt to the world, stop creating things and starve as many of your own people as possible, while taxing them upwards of 80%. Wait, sorry I forgot that you all already did that.
MDN Word “night” as in, Britain, have a good night.
And no I don’t think our American whores are any different than your whores. All whores are great. Our first ladies have always forgot at some point that sucking dick was important. Just look at the Clinton’s
Just as I know that your Kings ran amok because their Queen’s forgot to put that english sausage in their mouth. Look women, always remember what caught that man for you. Filling a belly with good food, putting a nice shine on that kitchen floor, and filling your belling with our love.
MDN Word “miles” yes women, you traveled a lot to tie that man down, but you forget occasionally that it there are lots of miles still left in that race to keep your man, and you always have more than one friend that would like to be his pipe smoker.
And now the latest news from Australia:
1. ABC (like BBC) uses Flash
2. Commercial station channel 7 use Windows media
3. Commercial station channel 9 (they jerk programming around so we don’t care)
4. Commercial station channel 10 use Windows media
5. SBS commercial and the ethnic channel…no-one really cares.
Cable all over the place but mostly Windows media.
Complain all you want about the BBC but it’s much worse in Australia.
I guess you can sum up the free to air channels in Australia as rank arrogance. If you don’t use Windows then you’re a weirdo Apple user. I exclude the ABC who until recently was using everything but now they’ve gone agnostic.
in-n-out burger!!!!! ROCKS!!!!!!! I am so jealous, every sinced I moved to this socialist state called Washington I have been pining for the day I can again sink my teeth into a double double with cheese, fries and pink lemonade!