• (UK) BBC releases a beta version of the new iPlayer website
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[t]http://i.imgur.com/gahHbPB.png[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/f3A9eZ7.png[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/lsYgUVG.png[/t] [quote=BBC] [b]Introducing the new BBC iPlayer[/b] Hello, I’m Dan Taylor, Head of BBC iPlayer and today I’m delighted to share how we are evolving BBC iPlayer for the multiscreen world, starting today with the rollout of a new version for computers, tablets, mobiles and connected TVs. Just over six years ago, on Christmas Day 2007, we launched BBC iPlayer, offering users the opportunity to catch-up with the last 7 days of BBC programming via their computer. Fast forward to now and BBC iPlayer is available on over 1,000 different devices and serves 10 million programme requests a day. It now offers more than just catch-up, with live streaming, archive collections, exclusives and premieres. We’ve also introduced innovative new features such as mobile downloads, enabling you to watch offline and on the go, and Live Restart, enabling you to jump back to the start of a programme while it’s being broadcast. It’s a measure of how loved BBC iPlayer now is that it’s the number one brand in the UK according to YouGov’s BrandIndex Ranking. However there’s always room for improvement and following extensive research and user testing, we are today rolling out a new web version of BBC iPlayer (accessible via bbc.co.uk/iplayer on computers, tablets and smart phones) and a new TV version (accessible via the existing BBC iPlayer app on a range of connected TV devices). The BBC iPlayer mobile and tablet apps will be updated with the new interface in the coming months.[/quote] [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/blogbbcinternet/posts/Introducing-the-new-BBC-iPlayer]Source[/url] [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer]iPlayer[/url] (a info box at the top of the page should ask you if you want to try the beta)
Shame its not [URL="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html"]free [/URL]software. What makes this worse is that it still wants to use Flash (one of the most evil of all non-free software).
[QUOTE=TheCreeper;44205751]Shame its not [URL="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html"]free [/URL]software. What makes this worse is that it still wants to use Flash (one of the most evil of all non-free software).[/QUOTE] It's only understandable that BBC would want DRM on their content, HTML5 doesn't offer full protection compared to what flash provides. This player's actually pretty good, much better than the current version.
BBC do not provide content for free why would their web player be free software
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