BBC iPlayer: Consultation & Protest
Mark Ford There were 16,072 signatories!
You can see them all here: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/iplayer/?showall=1
"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to prevent the BBC from making its iPlayer on-demand television
service available to Windows users only, and instruct the corporation to provide its service for other operating
systems also."
There has been a response:
"The Government set up the BBC Trust to represent the interests of licence fee payers, and to ensure good
governance of the BBC.
The BBC Trust has responsibility for ensuring that the correct degree of scrutiny is given to all proposals from the
BBC Executive for new services (such as the iPlayer) and any significant changes to existing services. To fulfill this
duty, the Trust conducted a Public Value Test on the BBC Executive's proposals to launch new on-demand
services, including BBC iPlayer. This included a public consultation and a market impact assessment by Ofcom.
In the case of the iPlayer, following the consultation, the Trust noted the strong public demand for the service to
be available on a variety of operating systems. The BBC Trust made it a condition of approval for the BBC's on-
demand services that the iPlayer is available to users of a range of operating systems, and has given a
commitment that it will ensure that the BBC meets this demand as soon as possible. They will measure the BBC's
progress on this every six months and publish the findings."
I will look out for the 6 monthly findings from the BBC Trust & post them here.
Mark