BBC's iPlayer To Be Crossplatform

craig1709 writes "10 Downing Street has responded to the petition to open up iPlayer access for those on other operating systems. While the wording is confusing, near as I can tell, they say they will make the iPlayer available to users of those operating systems. 'The BBC Trust made it a condition of approval for the BBC's on-demand services that the iPlayer is available to users of a range of operating systems, and has given a commitment that it will ensure that the BBC meets this demand as soon as possible. They will measure the BBC's progress on this every six months and publish the findings.'"

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Opensource Freeloaders

[Anonymous Coward]

With the attitude Linux users have to intellectual property, stable API's, and binary drivers, I can't give a rats ass if the BBC doesn't release a player for the Linux platform. Cosy tax-payer funded acedemia and freeloading internet blowhards need to wake up to something called give and take, and that good stuff costs real money to make. Waving your arms over civil rights and cheeping like a bird in the nest might fuel protest marches and forums but it doesn't magic things out of thin air.

Re:Sadly more truth than joke.

[Anonymous Brave Guy]

If they used an open format for the system, producing a "iplayer" application for each OS wouldn't be important.

You don't think it's important that everyday people can actually listen/watch the material? How strange.