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July 17, 2007

BBC and OSC to discuss open source iPlayer

The BBC Trust, the governing body of the BBC, has offered to meet the Open Source Consortium, a trade body which wants the corporation to make its iPlayer available on every operating system.

The BBC iPlayer will allow viewers to catch up on TV programmes for seven days, while some TV services will be available for download and can be stored for 30 days.

iPlayer is due to launch on 27 July but will initially only work with PCs running Microsoft Windows XP.

The Open Source Consortium has threatened to complain to the European Commission that iPlayer is favouring Microsoft’s operating systems since it will launch using Microsoft’s Windows Media Player.

The BBC Trust approved the iPlayer service in May and said it would monitor the BBC’s plans to make the iPlayer work on Apple Macs. A condition of its approval was that platform-neutrality should be achieved as soon as possible.

At the iPlayer service’s press launch, the BBC’s future media and technology director, Ashley Highfield, confirmed the corporation’s commitment to making the service available to all UK licence payers.

An Apple-compatible version is expected in the autumn and versions for Window’s Vista and mobile devices should follow soon afterwards.

It is understood that the OSC has not yet lodged a formal complaint with the European Commission, although it has taken legal advice.

 

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