After all the kerfuffle about the BBC using Windows only DRM, the BBC has apparently explained. It’s not much (basically: we couldn’t find anything open that did what was needed) but it helps. After all, the Trust is demanding a cross-platform service within 24 months – and surely Mac & Linux users won’t miss that much telly in that time?
Not that I’m really too worried, given they have committed to doing it. The BBC broadcasts in open 576i widescreen MPEG-2, and between my PVR (which lets me copy recorded content off over an USB cable) and my DVB-T USB adapter I can already access any current content I want. The archive is the main source of information, and I can survive a brief stint of having to reboot into Windows.
