arstechnica.com — UK residents: the iPlayer beta is here. As it announced last month, the BBC launched a large-scale beta of its iPlayer catch-up software today. For such a compelling product, the iPlayer has certainly been dogged by its share of controversy; 12,000 people have already signed an e-petition to 10 Downing Street over the iPlayer's tie-in with Windows.
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lukychmzJul 28, 2007
of the 10k signatures I wonder how many were from fanboys from Digg signing it 10+ times using different names... This story is nothing but s**t...yaay for windows. Good job BBC
Closed AccountJul 28, 2007
12,000 is 0.0197445587% of UK population.
xenoxiJul 29, 2007
You can't really compare a full-scale war to a piece of software.
psych77Jul 30, 2007
They may have campaigned for it, but they don't have it. By the logic of Aservin the BBC has a duty to buy a PC and provide internet access for all licence fee payers too. What a load of bollocks. This is a free added extra, which has initially been made available to the majority of users, and which they will seek to make available to as many people as possible, as soon as possible.
psych77Jul 30, 2007
I thought it was shows from the past 7 days, but once downloaded you can keep them for 30 days?
psych77Jul 30, 2007
Yes. Because the BBC never criticises the government.