I notice Ashley's misleading people again. From his blog-post: "We do maximise the reach of our services by distributing our content via closed or prioprietary networks (Virgin Media, Sky, Tiscali TV/HomeChoice, mobile platforms, etc.)"
The BBC doesn't distribute programs via Sky, it distributes them via the Astra Satalite using the DRM free DVB-S standard; I don't have to get a sky subscription to view the BBCs digital satalite content, just a satalite dish and a decoder box. Similarly with Virgin Media IIRC the BBC signal can be picked up using any old DVB-C decoder. It's not encrypted in either case. I can't comment on the other platforms he lists, but if he's wrong about the first two why should I believe him about the others? Of course, this raises the question, is he misleading deliberately, or just misinformed? Considering his recent faux pas it's not much of a stretch to believe he's not only misinformed, terminally so (I ascribe nothing to malice that can be explained by eveyday incompetence). Vijay. On 06/11/2007, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there a good reason that my posting on the > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2007/11/open_standards.html page > has not appeared. > -- > Please email me back if you need any more help. > > Brian Butterworth > www.ukfree.tv >
