I think its important to note that the article refers to "BBC Worldwide", the commercial arm of the BBC.
J On 27/11/2007, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 27/11/2007, Richard Lockwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No real technical details, more a re-hashed press release, but an > > interesting idea nontheless. > > How can this possible go live in a few months? (2008 starts in a few > weeks if I am not much mistaken). > > The trust haven't even approved it. And the BBC has refused to comply > with it's previous ruling. Need I remind you the BBC Trust said you > must be "Platform Neutral"? > > So will Kangaroo* be "Platform Neutral"? If not it looks unlikely the > trust will sign off on it given their previous comments about the > iPlayer (was there ever a huger waste of money? Except maybe the > Dome). > > Is it going to be standards based (only way to actually be platform > neutral as some platform consist mainly of custom designed hardware > which need to know the precise operating details to get high > performance.)? > > Are we going to be allowed to improve it, bug fix it, security scan > it, verify it's not a trojan etc.? > > Nice to see a complete lack of detail though, now where did I put my > document on making an FOI request, (technically a written request here > would most likely count, after all it's written, has a name and has an > address.) > > > (Waits for this news to descend into "DRM-Bad, Free-Good!!" ranting...) > > I see no mention of DRM in either article, neither do I see the term > "Digital Rights Management". > > Helpfully the BBC have made sure to hide every single even slightly > technical detail from view. What precisely are you hiding? > > The only vaguely technical detail appears to be that it is designed to > work over broadband, wow I couldn't have guessed that! > > What platforms are we talking about? Is it going to be truly platform > neutral or is the BBC going to have to rewrite the old iPlayer to > comply with your regulator (or as appears to be the intended plan > refuse to comply with the regulator) > > What protocols and formats will be used? > > Will it be as awfully as 4OD and iPlayer, using up peoples bandwidth > with no control what-so-ever (BitTorrent clients have supported > throttling for years)? Odd how the BBC can have such a huge > development time, such a huge spending and still end up with a vastly > inferior product when compared to free alternatives. > > Will it permit user written extensions? > > Will it support third party access via Open API's? > > Andy > > * Is the name Kangaroo meant to be some joke about bouncing back after > the disaster that was the first offerings? > -- > Computers are like air conditioners. Both stop working, if you open > windows. > -- Adam Heath > - > 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]/ > -- Jason Cartwright Web Specialist, EMEA Marketing [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44(0)2070313161
