Mac - Written by Bart on Thursday, February 7, 2008 10:05 - 0 Comments

BBC iPlayer to hit Macs in 2008

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The BBC will launch a download version of its iPlayer online video service for Apple Mac users by the end of 2008.

The corporation’s director general Mark Thompson made the commitment in a blog posting on the BBC’s website.

“I hope this good news is evidence of the hard work that the BBC is committing to supporting other platforms,” he wrote.

The BBC had faced criticism for launching the download iPlayer service for Windows users only.

Full story at the BBC



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