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Comment on iPlayer, Accessibility and Apple TV by Jonathan Tweed

Jonathan Tweed — Mon, 30 May 2011 21:30:21 +0000

Thanks! There are technical issues, as Apple does not officially support Apple TV “apps”. I think they might at some point though.

What is possible now is enabling AirPlay on the iPad/iPhone app. The only potentially tricky thing there could be rights, but I’m sure something could be worked out. It’s not like the content isn’t available on Playstation, Wii, internet enabled TVs etc.

Comment on iPlayer, Accessibility and Apple TV by Peter Frost

Peter Frost — Mon, 30 May 2011 09:04:18 +0000

Jonathan

I have just purchased Apple TV and simply cannot understand why iPlayer is not accessible, as it is on other platforms. If it is too complex, why not adapt your plugin and just go with that? When I bought the kit I was convinced that before too long it would all be resolved but am no longer that confident. Great to see you campaigning and good luck with the new job!

Comment on BBC iPlayer for Apple TV: An Update by New Apple TV, Y U No Realise Potential? « A://SteamingCupof.Blog

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Comment on iPlayer, Accessibility and Apple TV by Jonathan Tweed

Jonathan Tweed — Sun, 15 May 2011 21:14:48 +0000

I really hope it’s only because the app was released before the AirPlay APIs became available to third party developers. But, since then Channel 4 have also released their app without AirPlay, so who knows.

If there is an issue I really hope it can be sorted soon. As you say, it’s not like it’s not available on TVs through many other means, including built in to many TVs themselves.

Comment on iPlayer, Accessibility and Apple TV by JulesLt

JulesLt — Fri, 13 May 2011 13:31:35 +0000

I can only presume that given the technical simplicity of implementing Airplay, that it is down to the same rights restrictions around set top boxes (wasn’t that the whole driver for it being an opt-in flag anyway?)

Shame really, as it seems there are more expensive set top boxes that can use iPlayer – it looks like they use a full web browser and Flash, so presumably at the BBC end they probably look exactly like a Linux PC.

Comment on I’m Leaving the BBC by Ciarán

Ciarán — Tue, 03 May 2011 15:45:44 +0000

Good luck Jonathan! You will be missed.

Comment on I’m Leaving the BBC by Jonathan Tweed

Jonathan Tweed — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:05:08 +0000

Thanks Mo. It’s good to have you there now carrying on some of the same work. Make sure you look after that archive.

Comment on I’m Leaving the BBC by Mo

Mo — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:19:09 +0000

Best of luck with the new special place — I’m looking forward to finding out where it is. Undoubtedly, your influence’ll be missed, though…

Comment on Back to the Future by Jonathan Tweed

Jonathan Tweed — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:27:01 +0000

Thanks Elizabeth. It really is a lovely camera.

My big camera is a Canon 5D MkII, so I was looking for something a (lot) smaller to carry with me every day. The X100 has more than surpassed my expectations.

It’s really well made and a real joy to use. Flicking between the OVF and EVF is seamless and I’ve found uses for both. Not only are there the manual controls, but should you need to dip into the menus these display in the EVF when the camera is up to your eye, so you never have to move the camera to change anything.

I love it a lot. I hope you get yours soon.

Comment on Back to the Future by Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:04:42 +0000

Drool. Can’t wait to get my hands on one of these in the U.S.A. Also looking forward to checking out your flickr stream as you use it more