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2 Responses to “iPlayer. For the love of god….”

1. Foxy Loxy // Nov 21, 2007 at 11:13 am

   …and as I pointed out at the time, said blog is full of inaccurate, ill-informed, pooly researched clap trap.

   Sigh.

2. mj // Nov 21, 2007 at 1:35 pm

   While you assert that it’s poorly researched (and while I’m not debating the cost, the Kontiki debacle or the bandwidth consderations), it remains true that:

   The BBC has appointed a Microsoft executive, previously responsible for promoting Windows Media, to a key post in the division responsible for the roll out of its iPlayer online media initiative. Ashley Highfield has announced Erik Huggers as controller of the future media and technology group. He also becomes a possible successor.
   Erik Huggers spent most of the past decade at Microsoft, latterly leading business development as senior director of Windows Digital Media and responsible for the business strategy of the Microsoft entertainment division, including its MSTV television products.

   It’s therefore pretty plain that Huggers was involved from the Microsoft side in the 2005/6 trails of iPlayer and then taken on board at the BBC afterwards.

   While the Groklaw article may not be as precise we we may like, you need to provide some evidence to back up that it’s materially wrong. It seems certainly believable from the point of view of Huggers, Kontiki, bandwidth use and DRM considerations. Do you have evidence to prove otherwise?

   Whether or not you personally are a Windows or Mac or Linux user is immaterial. The PMs office has represented that the number of names on the ePetition was significant enough for a 6 monthly review by the BBC Trust.