The text as originally presented here reads more like this is being done
as a cost saving exercise in terms of saving effort by reducing the
amount of software dev and support required on their platform of
programme delivery rather than something around control of who can
access what.
That's not unreasonable if they think the user base is small. Whether
one likes it or not (likely dictated by whether you are an individual
that relies on one of these bits of tech to view programmes) one has to
recognise that cost drives everything and as long as the govt continues
to force the BBC to keep reducing cost, they will prioritise the budgets
for content production as much as they can.
Who can access what - essentially Digital Rights Management - is in
principle correct. How this is implemented is up to the provider. The
BBC, appears relatively relaxed about access to their content compared
to streaming vendors. Probably a result of their history and wide
portfolio of activities in the broadcasting marketplace.
That said, MOST people just want to watch programmes on their biggest
screen in armchair comfort. What it's attached to is their choice, but
if they don't choose a mainstream product (TV, Set top box etc) you
can't expect all providers to make it equally accessible across both
these and e.g Xbox, Playstation, Windows PCs. There are plenty of
supported options without doing that. An app on the TV or set top box
provides all of that in a way that allows the provider to get some
feedback not only about what is viewed but the sequence in which it's
viewed and selected. Which hopefully helps them work out that we don't
all want yet more mindless game shows (and that there's enough of us
that we get some other stuff).
The fact that GiP works at all is great, for those like us that prefer
to download and view on platform of choice and offline. It's wonderful
if you have chosen not to have a mainstream device. If it ceases to
function it will be a crying shame. However I don't yet see a mindset in
the BBC that wants to shut off this type of access. Long may that be the
case.
On 15/02/2024 12:27, Jim web wrote:
In article <d4b32661-1d20-16d2-91b2-f2304ae23...@macfh.co.uk>, MacFH - C
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Macfarlane - News <n...@macfh.co.uk> wrote:
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The BBC's iPlayer streaming service is to end
downloads for users who watch on desktop or laptop computers.
Programmes will still be available to download on tablets and phones
via the mobile iPlayer app.
Reading what happens on 11th March more closely, I suppose it depends on
whether GiP uses the download information from the iPlayer site, or the
streaming information. If the former, at best it will need updating to
use the latter instead, supposing that is possible, whereas if it
already uses the latter nothing will change. Does anyone here happen to
know which type of data GiP scrapes?
I'm puzzled by the idea that they will distinguish and provide shedule info
as per their current daily webpages for each channel/station.
Is the idea/aim that *only* a 'BBC app' will work? If so, why impose that
on License Fee payers? Some of whom may simply not have a 'device'. (I
don't.)
JIm
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