I use xbmc as the hub of my media centre, and one particular xbmc plugin that I loved was for accessing the BBC’s iPlayer content. However, the BBC has decided to break this; the sad story can be read at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2010/03/bbc_iplayer_content_protection.html
As as a British citizen, living in the UK, paying taxes and paying the TV license fee (which goes to the BBC) I certainly feel fully entitled to access the BBC iPlayer content using whatever front-end software I feel like using. It is so much easier using a remote control to navigate/select/play iPlayer content from the comfort of one’s couch and watch it on the TV (connected to the xmbc media centre).
I don’t use a PS3 or wii so cannot use them to watch iPlayer content. I do have a Microsoft xbox 360 with a gold online account but the BBC have refused to allow Microsoft access to iPlayer content (stating that iPlayer content should be available to all and not just to those with gold accounts). So I’m well and truly stuffed; I have to resort to using my PC and mouse with a web browser at my computer desk…a wonderful experience! I think the BBC has made a mistake.
Thank you BBC. Thanks a bunch.
Related content:
- BBC claims angry iPlayer plugin mob ‘conflated’ open source term
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/05/bbc_iplayer_rtmp_open_source_response/ - BBC iPlayer rejects open source plugins, takes Flash-only path
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/24/iplayer_xbmc_adobe_swf_verification/
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2010
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