Don't miss Joystiq's up-to-the-minute live coverage of E3!

BBC iPlayer on Mac by end of year

We've covered the brouhaha over the BBC iPlayer several times. Basically the BBC is putting lots of their video content on the web, but they chose a Windows Media-based solution that was incompatible with Macs (and Linux). After an uproar from British Mac users that actually got a response from 10 Downing Street, the BBC assured the public that a Mac compatible solution would be forthcoming. Now the Guardian is reporting that the Beeb has settled on an Adobe Flash-based system to stream content to Mac (and Linux) users "by the end of the year." Non-Windows users will still not be able to download content, however.

This kind of streaming-only "solution" for Mac users looks to be picking up steam with Napster recently announcing the same sort of streaming-only (no download) service for Macs. While we can certainly appreciate that getting something is better than nothing, I hope that full feature parity is in the works across the pond.

Related Headlines

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

TUAW Features

back-to-school
Mac 101 ask-tuaw
Mac News
WWDC (251)
.Mac (65)
Accessories (650)
Airport (75)
Analysis / Opinion (1400)
Apple (1692)
Apple Corporate (572)
Apple Financial (197)
Apple History (51)
Apple Professional (54)
Apple TV (164)
Audio (450)
Bad Apple (129)
Beta Beat (155)
Blogging (86)
Bluetooth (18)
Bugs/Recalls (56)
Cult of Mac (877)
Deals (224)
Desktops (116)
Developer (274)
Education (109)
eMac (10)
Enterprise (146)
Features (411)
Freeware (397)
Gaming (388)
Graphic Design (36)
Hardware (1301)
Holidays (37)
Humor (584)
iBook (66)
iLife (240)
iMac (185)
Internet (339)
Internet Tools (1337)
iTS (980)
iTunes (822)
iWork (23)
Leopard (374)
Mac mini (112)
Mac Pro (54)
MacBook (205)
MacBook Air (81)
Macbook Pro (224)
MobileMe (47)
Multimedia (457)
Odds and ends (1477)
Open Source (281)
OS (933)
Peripherals (214)
Podcasting (183)
Podcasts (94)
Portables (198)
PowerBook (136)
PowerMac G5 (51)
Retail (610)
Retro Mac (50)
Rig of the Week (42)
Rumors (640)
Software (4439)
Software Update (425)
Steve Jobs (253)
Stocking Stuffers (50)
Surveys and Polls (97)
Switchers (114)
The Woz (35)
TUAW Business (252)
Universal Binary (281)
UNIX / BSD (61)
Video (907)
Weekend Review (84)
WIN Business (47)
Wireless (87)
Xserve (39)
iPhone/iPod News
iPhone (1746)
iPod Family (2106)
App Store (142)
SDK (27)
Mac Events
One More Thing (27)
Liveblog (2)
Other Events (226)
Macworld (489)
Mac Learning
AppleScript (4)
Ask TUAW (106)
Blogs (85)
Books (26)
Books and Blogs (62)
Cool tools (449)
Hacks (469)
How-tos (490)
Interviews (44)
Mods (190)
Productivity (590)
Reviews (114)
Security (164)
Terminal Tips (61)
Tips and tricks (573)
Troubleshooting (171)
TUAW Features
iPhone 101 (36)
TUAW Labs (4)
Blast From the Past (19)
TUAW Tips (150)
Flickr Find (38)
Found Footage (90)
Mac 101 (109)
TUAW Interview (31)
Widget Watch (198)
The Daily Best (1)
TUAW Faceoff (6)

RESOURCES

RSS NEWSFEEDS

Powered by Blogsmith

Sponsored Links

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) bloggers (30 days)

#BloggerPostsCmts
1Robert Palmer4434
2Cory Bohon431
3Steven Sande4015
4Scott McNulty262
5Giles Turnbull260
6Erica Sadun241
7Mike Schramm210
8Michael Rose2122
9Mat Lu2010
10Dave Caolo200
11Christina Warren1835
12Brett Terpstra110
13TUAW Blogger50
14Victor Agreda, Jr.25
15Jason Clarke11

Featured Galleries

Macworld 2008 Keynote
Macworld 2008 Build-up
Apple Vanity Plates
DiscPainter
Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D
Macworld Expo 2007 show floor
Apple Texas Hold 'Em
The Macworld Faithful in Line
iPhone First Look

 

    Most Commented On (7 days)

    Recent Comments

    More Apple Analysis

    More from AOL Money and Finance

    Other Weblogs Inc. Network blogs you might be interested in: