[Swprograms] Fwd: [uk-radio-listeners] Fw: [dxld] BBC to allow program downloads

[Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

While this applies to domestic BBC services, I wonder if this will apply to the WS as well?

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA

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Date: Sep 4, 2005 5:27 AM
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Subject: [dxld] BBC to allow program downloads


> BBC to allow program downloads
>
> Thursday, September 1, 2005 Updated at 8:45 AM EDT
>
> Associated Press
>
> LONDON — The British Broadcasting Corp. is planning to let Web users
> download its television and radio programs up to a week after they have
> aired.
>
> BBC director general Mark Thompson said he hoped the MyBBCPlayer service
> could be active by 2006.
>
> Complete details weren't released, and Mr. Thompson did not say whether
> the BBC would charge users a fee for the downloads or how it would
> prevent piracy and circulation beyond the week.
>
> The plan is part of the BBC's efforts to move beyond traditional forms
> of media.
>
> "I accept the premise that if the BBC remains nothing more than a
> traditional TV and radio broadcaster then we probably won't deserve or
> get licence-fee funding beyond 2016," Mr. Thompson said at Edinburgh
International Television Festival. "That is very definitely not our plan."
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050901.gtbbc0901/BNStory/Technology/





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