As seen on BirminghamLug list:
"The BBC has also confirmed that users of Apple Mac and Linux machines
will be able to use its TV catch-up service from the end of the year.
The broadcaster has signed a deal with Adobe to provide Flash video
for the whole of the BBC's video services, including a streaming
version of its iPlayer. "
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7045123.stm
As well as Windows users having DRMed Windows Media Files that explode
after 30 days, it seems like we will get .flv files ala YouTube,
Google Video et al.
This is interesting because if one downloads the .flv files to disk
then they will work in Mplayer or Totem forever. At least that is how
it works with YouTube. Until the recent release of Gnash, manually
downloading the .flv file was the only way to watch YouTube using only
Free/Open Source Software.
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