> > Does anyone else see this as the BBC effectively > "bailing out" other broadcasters > > by providing a common platform backed with licence fee > funded content and development? > > No, this is what I'd expect the BBC to do. > > It serves the public when market-based squabbles over > alternative technological > platforms don't happen, and everyone just gets on with > innovating atop a > good-enough platform, rather than frittering away > consumers' time and money > by playing platform argy-bargy.
That's a very interesting point - I've never really thought of Canvas as a form of market failure correction. - 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]/
