A place where we, senior staff from BBC Future Media teams will talk about issues raised by you about the technology behind bbc.co.uk, our mobile services and the BBC's presence on the internet. ...
You may have already read the interview in today's Media Guardian where I lay out my vision for the BBC's digital future. It should be no surprise that digital media are at the heart of the BBC's online strategy. Audio/visual is the soul of the corporation and will form the backbone of a vastly improved bbc.co.uk in the years to come. It's sometimes easy to forget that we have made substantial progress over the last 12 months from a technical and editorial perspective. The broad adoption of our embedded media player for on-demand short-form, long-form and simulcasting are great examples. Our podcast offering is growing in popularity fast and BBC iPlayer continues to go from strength to strength. What I am most proud about is the wide variety of internet-connected devices that BBC iPlayer services can accessed on . I am sure you have seen the list somewhere, so I will go straight to what is new. Today, we are announcing that in partnership with Adobe we are building a platform-neutral download client. Using Adobe Integrated Runtime ( AIR ), we intend to make BBC iPlayer download functionality available on Mac, Linux and Windows for the first time later this year. Whatever platform you use, you'll now be able to download TV programmes from the BBC to watch later - on the train, in the garden, or wherever you like. Given our obligations to rights-holders and the BBC Trust , these programmes are protected with DRM , but in a way that shou ...
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