RE: [backstage] BBC iPlayer for Apple TV

2010-02-16 Thread Christopher Woods
> Excellently put. What made me more sad was that I felt I needed to state the obvious :( I wish I could be a fly on the wall in a meeting between the Beeb and controlling rightsholders / contract negotiators for the current iPlayer programming. There must be some serious long-term powerplays goin

Re: [backstage] BBC iPlayer for Apple TV

2010-02-16 Thread Richard P Edwards
On 16 Feb 2010, at 22:34, Mo McRoberts wrote: > > On 16-Feb-2010, at 16:59, Christopher Woods wrote: > >> Simile time: trying to control, or fighting against, cross-platform >> consumption, usage on previously unconceived platforms and/or unexpected >> adaption of the service to new forms of c

Re: [backstage] BBC iPlayer for Apple TV

2010-02-16 Thread Mo McRoberts
On 16-Feb-2010, at 16:59, Christopher Woods wrote: > Simile time: trying to control, or fighting against, cross-platform > consumption, usage on previously unconceived platforms and/or unexpected > adaption of the service to new forms of consumption is like swimming against > a rip tide. Either i

RE: [backstage] BBC iPlayer for Apple TV

2010-02-16 Thread Christopher Woods
> > Generally if you take the p*** I'll get shouted at and I'll ask you > > nicely to close the service/script/prototype :) of course > breaking the > > backstage licence will you a heavy knock at the door :) > > Publishing some definitions might help :) The first rule about the Backstage Lice