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One of the central lessons to be learned from free software is that individuals can make a difference. Not many would have given Richard Sta...

I have been gently reminding Erik Huggers about his confidence that there would be a GNU/Linux version of iPlayer that included the time-l...

Apparently : The future for the BBC lies in the technology that can open it up to the world, just as technology gave it life last century. I...

Hope : the BBC has always been a strong advocate and driver of open industry standards. Without these standards, TV and radio broadcasting w...

The BBC today unveils a new-look BBC iPlayer which fully integrates radio and TV in one interface, as the service records over 100 million r...

After Erik , here's Ashley , currently Director, BBC Future Media & Technology, but moving on: So, there you have it. I've enjoy...

Interesting post from Erik Huggers, ex-Microsoft bloke now Group Controller, BBC Future Media & Technology, called " My First Linux...

You may remember that a little while back there was a bit of a kerfuffle about the BBC's decision to go with a Microsoft-based DRM solut...

Some might say I've been overly critical of the BBC's digital boss, Ashley Highfield (no, no). Be that as it may, it's certain...

The BBC will launch a download version of its iPlayer online video service for Apple Mac users by the end of 2008. But no mention of GNU/Li...

The BBC has finally made the download version of its iPlayer on-demand TV service compatible with Firefox, after six months as an Internet E...

Many of the UK Government's fiascos - both old ones like the loss of 25 million bank details, or future ones like ID cards - could be av...

Saith he: Finally, I wanted to address some stories that have been spread by a handful of individuals in the open source community. It is t...

The Open Source Consortium has prodded the BBC Trust into words, if not action: The BBC Trust and the Open Source Consortium (OSC) have agr...

I came across this gem from the BBC Internet blog: Even the beleaguered iPlayer – forget the issues, who can quibble that in making virtual...

For those following the iPlayer debate, Groklaw has put up perhaps the best interview with Ashley Highfield so far: the long-term alternati...

A couple of days ago I mentioned two key players in the fight to get the BBC to do the right thing over its downloads service. Groklaw has...

Interesting : We met with Mark Taylor, President of the Open Source Consortium (OSC) last night, directly after his meeting with the BBC to ...

"We have 17.1 million users of bbc.co.uk in the UK and, as far as our server logs can make out, 5 per cent of those [use Macs] and arou...

I've written pretty extensively about the scandal that is the BBC iPlayer. The main man fighting the good fight here is the indispensa...