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BBC Threatened Over iPlayer Format

Posted by kdawson on from the and-watch-out-for-apple-with-that-name dept.

greengrass sends us to coverage in The Register of the Open Source Consortium's threatened anti-trust challenge against the BBC over its use of Windows Media format in its on-demand service, iPlayer. From the article: "The OSC will raise a formal complaint with UK broadcast and telecoms watchdog Ofcom next week, and has vowed to take its accusations to the European Competition Commission if domestic regulators do not act. The OSC compared the situation to the European Commission's prosecution of Microsoft over its bundling of Windows Media Player with Windows."

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  1. Real Player by Cerberus911 · · Score: 3, Funny

    They should just switch to Real Player, then everyone will be equally (un)happy.

    1. Re:Real Player by Deviate_X · · Score: 2, Funny

      "The OSC compared the situation to the European Commission's prosecution of Microsoft over its bundling of Windows Media Player with Windows."

      they just consult with the EU commission and make a new website www.bbcN.co.uk website without media player files