Dave posted

Awesome - looks like the Beeb have changed iPlayer enough to break
beebPlayer once again.8:43 AM May
13th<http://twitter.com/johnsto/status/13901166595>
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and a very short note at

http://davejohnston.posterous.com/?tag=beebplayer

<http://davejohnston.posterous.com/?tag=beebplayer>Makes you wonder why the
BBC bothered with backstage at all, doesn't it?

On 27 May 2010 12:44, Iain Wallace <ikwall...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Was BeebPlayer actually banned by the BBC then? I was trying to get
> the story on why it suddenly vanished. What could the issue possibly
> be with it?
>
> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Brian Butterworth
> <briant...@freeview.tv> wrote:
> > Mo,
> > Dave got the beebPlayer app working OK on Android.  Until the BBC
> reversed
> > the stated position and got it banned.  Shouldn't be too hard...
> >
> > On 26 May 2010 23:35, Mo McRoberts <m...@nevali.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 26-May-2010, at 23:11, Brian Butterworth wrote:
> >>
> >> > Let's hope the same priority has been afforded to Android users.
> >>
> >> It was pointed out to me earlier today that Android has been “going to
> >> support Flash really soon” for quite a while now. While it should be a
> very
> >> simple change to serve up the iPhone version to Android phones alongside
> >> iPhones and iPod touches (it’s all WebKit, baseline H.264+AAC-LC, after
> all
> >> — though might be in a QuickTime container, can’t recall), I can’t help
> but
> >> wonder if it would complicate the BBC’s “strategic relationship” with
> Adobe
> >> if they were to do it.
> >>
> >> Not that I’m endorsing such a thing were it to be true, mind. Bloody
> >> stupid situation…
> >>
> >> M.
> >>
> >>
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