On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 17:09, Christopher Woods <[email protected]> wrote:
> So how does this affect the Beeb? Because effectively licencepayers are > paying for the iPlayer service as part of the portfolio even though its > usage doesn't require a licence... Or has the BBC always paid licence fees > for the use of the codecs? Nothing changes - H.264 for Internet Broadcast has been free, but was due to require a paid license as of this year. MPEG-LA have extended the free period for 5 years. (The BBC probably _does_ have a license for the AVC family, but it wouldn't affect this). M. - 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]/
