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BBC Keeps Android Flash Alive In the UK

Posted by timothy on from the media-as-well-as-the-media dept.

judgecorp writes "Although Adobe wants to can mobile Flash, the Android Flash app has returned to the Google Play store in the UK after disappearing earlier this month. It has come back because of pressure from large organisations, in particular the BBC, whose popular iPlayer video on demand service uses Flash. The Android app is back, apparently for as long as it takes the BBC to move to HTML5."

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  1. Re:Get rid of it by dwkns · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Crap them they did.

    The BBC bet their house on Flash. Their entire internet video delivery strategy relied on it. Not only the iPlayer and the various mobile apps but also the interface in what has become YouView the common IPTV platform they helped develop.

    Much back peddling and redevelopment had to be done and is still going on now. All on the licence payers dime.