>From /. An anonymous reader writes "The future of iPlayer, the BBC's new online on-demand system for delivering content, is continuing to look bleaker. With ISPs threatening to throttle the content delivered through the iPlayer, consumers petitioning the UK government and the BBC to drop the DRM and Microsoft-only technology, and threatened legal action from the OSC, the last thing the BBC wanted to see today was street protests at their office and at the BBC Media Complex accompanied by a report issued by DefectiveByDesign about their association with Microsoft."
Elsewhere in the news, more than 100,000 iPlayer sign-ups in a week ;-) /. is surely the Fox News of the tech world, no? m On 15/08/07, vijay chopra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems you made it to the slashdot frontpage! > http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/15/1721229 > > Vijay > > > On 15/08/07, Matthew Cashmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well..... When I was interviewing at about 10:45 there were 12 people > there > > (that's when I took the photos) Ian then came down when I left and he came > > back and said there were about 20 people there after others joined. > > > > m > > > > > > On 15/8/07 16:54, "Richard Lockwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Whereas, looking at the photos indicates that 20 is an exaggeration of > > > about 100%. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > R. > > > > > > On 8/15/07, Richard Lockwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> More likely, "Organisers put the turnout at 800..." > > >> > > >> R. > > >> > > >> On 8/15/07, Martin Belam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> Presumably on the news we'll get the traditional 10+% rule of > > >>> "Organisers put the turnout at 20 people, whilst The Metropolitan > > >>> Police said 2-and-a-half-people turned up"? > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> cheers, > > >>> martin > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On 14/08/07, Dave Crossland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>> On 14/08/07, David Greaves < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>>> Ian Forrester wrote: > > >>>>>> Yep we were there along with about another 20 people. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> So were they making a point or trying to make a difference? > > >>>> > > >>>> I believe the additional media coverage of the unconscionable > > >>>> restrictions in the iPlayer will make a difference. > > >>>> > > >>>> -- > > >>>> Regards, > > >>>> Dave > > >>>> - > > >>>> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, > please > > >>>> visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > > >>>> Unofficial list archive: > > >>>> > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> Martin Belam - http://www.currybet.net > > >>> - > > >>> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, > please > > >>> visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > > >>> Unofficial list archive: > > >>> > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> SilverDisc Ltd is registered in England no. 2798073 > > >> > > >> Registered address: > > >> 4 Swallow Court, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6XX > > >> > > > > > > > _______________________ > > Matthew Cashmore > > Development Producer > > > > BBC Future Media & Technology, Research and Innovation > > BC5C3, Broadcast Centre, Media Village, W12 7TP > > > > T: 020 8008 3959 (02 83959) > > M: 07711 913241 (072 83959) > > > > - > > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > > > -- Martin Belam - http://www.currybet.net - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
