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BBC Trust to Meet With OSC Over iPlayer

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the open-to-suggestions dept.

Virgil Tibbs writes "With the Launch of the BBC's iPlayer imminent, the BBC trust has agreed to hear the Open Source Consortium's concerns regarding the BBC iPlayer's tie in with Microsoft's software. The move by the BBC to use Windows Media DRM & their apparent lack of commitment towards other platforms has caused outrage in many circles and prompted several online petitions."

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  1. Re:Bed partners by Peet42 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not true. The UK TV license says that if your TV is "capable" of receiving a service, i.e. has a tuner attached, then you are liable to pay a license fee even if that tuner isn't plugged into an aerial ("antenna" for US readers) and/or the service isn't broadcast where you are.