[Fsuk-manchester] [Fwd: Re: [ORG-discuss] BBC Trust won't probe iPlayer open source gripes]

[Tim Dobson]

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Subject: Re: [ORG-discuss] BBC Trust won't probe iPlayer open source gripes
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 11:01:22 +0000
From: Jim Killock <address@hidden>
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Org will be making a complaint .. I am sure others will be too

On 1 Mar 2010, at 10:42, Glyn Wintle wrote:

> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/01/no_bbc_trust_probe_iplayer_swf_verification/
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> The governing body of the BBC has no plans to investigate the Corporation's 
> decision to block open source implementations of RTMP (real-time messaging 
> protocol) streaming in the iPlayer, despite grumbles from many UK viewers and 
> listeners of the service.
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> "The decision to block open source plugins is a matter for BBC Management. The Trust 
> has not received any complaints on this issue and has no plans to look into it further at 
> present," a BBC Trust spokeswoman told The Register. ...
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