Erik Huggers of the BBC commits to BBC open standards. Eric Huggers says
“the BBC has always been a strong advocate and driver of open industry standards. Without these standards, TV and radio broadcasting would simply not function. I believe that the time has come for the BBC to start adopting open standards such as H.264 and AAC for our audio and video services on the web. These technologies have matured enough to make them viable alternatives to other solutions.”
h/t Jem
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Unfortunately, it doesn’t quite ring true. The BBC’s iPlayer software won’t run on Mac or Linux computers and the end result, even if you stream from their website, is laden with digital restriction management.
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