BBC iPlayer finally available for Mac, Linux

Your TARDIS comment is a little harsh - the Mac version of iPlayer described in that article *was* released by the end of 2007 (even though it took a few non-TARDIS-dwelling developers working on Christmas day to get it out there).

On video quality: the current quality of download videos is the same as the high-quality streaming version (with better to come...), but unfortunately a glitch in the desktop software makes it render worse when re-scaled. This will be fixed soon, but in the meantime the best way to watch is in full-screen.

Technically, technically there are no UK citizens; they are known as "subjects."

all these entries address TV, what about radio?
in the USA I would like to download radio7, this ought to be possible as this content is all old BBC stuff. but there seems to be no download link?

Again one of those applications which are "national" only.
*headshake*

BBC's page on technical requirements says you need an Intel-based Mac.

http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/download_programmes/desktop_requirements

The desktop seemed to install on my PPC iBook but so far I've not seen anything I wanted to download with it. So I don't know if it actually works :-{

BTW it's not accurate to say that the iPlayer hasn't been available to Mac Users - it's only the ability to download that we've not had.

lets use this player to see what is important. A 31-year old rapes a 13-year old and PLANNED PARENTHOOD COVERS IT UP!?! omg!! this is filthy, and entirely true.. ***.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EinILQ4hDP0 ***

Oh sweet, I should check this out. It's nice when developers realise there's a growing market of people using something other than Windows. I even signed the petition sent to the British government complaining about the BBC iPlayer only being available for Windows systems. However, I fear like with Skype, the quality will be vastly inferior. Oh well, at least we have it now!

"The BBC iPlayer is only available for UK citizens"

Well, I'm a UK citizen, but I reside in Australia. I can't use it. A non-citizen visitor to the UK can use it. IP address is not a good indicator of one's nationality. Credit cards are similarly stupid.

Technically, it's not UK citizens, but UK residents. Even more technically, it's TV License holders (basically all UK residents with a TV, except the naughty ones).

I think you mean "UK residents". You have to live in the uk to access the beeb's content, sigh.