On 16/08/07, Martin Belam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I guess the idea is Microsoft use the BBC content (that created > from licence fees) and use it to leverage their PlayReady system on > multiple platforms, so the BBC can claim that the system is > cross-platform, whereas people are actually asking for something that > isn't owned by Bill Gates' company... > > > s/created/commissioned/;
And that makes it OK then? Imagine if a bank worked like this, and exchanged "your deposits" for "your gifts"... *I* understand what is happening, but I'm sure there are many people in the UK who think that their Licence Fee is used to pay for programmes, largely because that's what the BBC told us it did with the cash for a long time... Actually, the current situation is a bit like a big BBC "endowment mortgage" where the BBC thinks it has been buying a metaphorical house only to find that the money it has paid isn't going to cover the costs of actual ownership... Can I say that I'm really, really sad about this? I suppose it was the only way the corporation could have survived, but it's a poor state of affairs when a "cultural organisation" doesn't own the cultural assets it has created for the nation, and can only embrace the future with a "leaseback" deal. s/people/some people/; I actually meant "these people" referring to the subject of the email, but "some" will do. Anyone fancy commissioning a survey of what the GBP Licence fee payers actually think happens to their cash? (I'm sorry, I had some photos printed in the Daily Mail the other day and it must be going to my head...) m > > > On 16/08/07, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 16/08/07, Dave Crossland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 16/08/07, Jason Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > > > Does iPlayer contain Silverlight? I've not seen anything to suggest > it > > does. > > > > > > It might not today, but its very clear what Microsoft's web-video > strategy > > is. > > > > > > There was an article in The Register today about this: > > > > > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/16/silverlight_iplayer_playready/ > > > > > > > What the hell does all this matter anyhow, there is no lock in. The > tech > > is > > > > just being used to deliver the content as per spec, which it seems > to be > > > > doing. Nothing is stopping the BBC ditching MS products for iPlayer > at > > any > > > > time with a simple (automatically installed?) patch, right? > > > > > > No lock in? Nothing stopping the BBC ditching MS products? Let's see > > > an iPlayer that is free software then please. > > > > > > I guess the idea is Microsoft use the BBC content (that created from > licence > > fees) and use it to leverage their PlayReady system on multiple > platforms, > > so the BBC can claim that the system is cross-platform, whereas people > are > > actually asking for something that isn't owned by Bill Gates' company... > > > > > > > -- > > > 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/[email protected]/ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Please email me back if you need any more help. > > > > Brian Butterworth > > www.ukfree.tv > > > -- > 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/[email protected]/ > -- Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv
