BBC To Re-Launch iPlayer
December 14, 2007 | by Christopher Nickson
The PC tool will also work with Mac and Linux.
There was great fanfare just a few months ago when the BBC launched its iPlayer, which not only allowed viewers to watch recently-aired shows, but also delve into the massive BBC program archive, which will eventually contain 1.3 million hours of programming.
But it’s barely out of the blocks before it’s due to be re-launched, now able to work with Macs and Linux, not only PCs, and permitting downloading as well as streaming. It’s pert of a greater revamp of the BBC site, which will include social media tools and better integration of features, reports The Guardian.
"2008 will be the year when we start to find out how [TV over the internet] gets into the living room and how users can access these services from their couch. It doesn't make sense to make all these services available on each platform, but we need to figure out how these platforms can complement each other," said Eric Huggers, BBC group controller of future media and technology at the Future Media conference.
The new site will let users post direct video and audio links to sites like Digg, and also embed content on their own sites. However, all this is separate from Project Kangaroo, which the BBC is developing with Channel 4.
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