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Macworld: UK Licence Payers Demand BBC Support Mac and Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 24, 2007

“Following the BBC Trust’s recent move to canvas public opinion
on whether the UK public broadcaster should provide its online
shows in multiple formats, not just Windows Media, a collection of
licence payers have launched a petition demanding the same on the
Prime Minister’s website.

“‘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,’ the petition
explains…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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