You are not going mad - iPlayer was running through the summer, but only as a beta and only with downloads available. You had to signup to get access.
The full launch and the associated marketing push came in December once Streaming was also working. There were a lot of teething problems to sort out with the technology as well as substantial changes to workflow and processes. Once these things started to settle down, then came Streaming and the full launch... Cheers, ::: John O'Donovan ::: Chief Architect, BBC FM&T Journalism ::: BBC Broadcast Centre ::: 201 Wood Lane, London W12 7TS ::: john.odono...@bbc.co.uk ::: http://www.bbc.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Andy Sent: 12 December 2008 15:35 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Iplayer the best video experience online? 2008/12/11 Mr I Forrester <mail...@cubicgarden.com>: > Don't forget you can all take part in the iplayer birthday celebrations. I'm almost certain that iPlayer was released sometime in the summer (not December)? archive.org has a copy of iPlayer dated 13 Oct 2007[1], it also has a copy from Aug 07 but that doesn't load (at least not for me). Are you guys certain iPlayer was released in December 07, is Archive.org wrong? Andy [1] http://web.archive.org/web/20071013100045rn_1/www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/ -- 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/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - 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/
