BBC iPlayer expected Dec. 25

December 13, 2007   0 Comments
The BBC is making good on their commitment to the Macintosh computing platform, by announcing that the iPlayer for the Mac will be released on December 25th. The Windows version has been available for a while now allowing viewers to download shows for viewing within a 7 day window of their BBC transmission. The download feature will be remain Windows only for now. The ability to download shows for Mac and Linux users, is expected to be released sometime in 2008. Currently we can stream the content, using a flash based viewer.

Previously support for the Macintosh and Linux platforms were ignored by the BBC, and not considered in the first iPlayer release. The BBC board of directors insisted on platform neutrality for its iPlayer software, making a strong commitment to bring BBC programs to all viewers regardless of operating system.

Check out the beta site for iPlayer and prepare to start catching up on your BBC programming.

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