Updated: BBC’s Huggers Cosies To Developers, Rivals; Freeview iPlayer Will Be App Platform


Update: Erik Huggers has announced two important steps for the iPlayer on the BBC Internet blog: a platform-neutral download client using Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) Integrated Runtime (AIR) that will allow shows to be downloaded straight to Windows, Macs and Linux-operating computers and an iPlayer functionality allowing Nokia (NYSE: NOK) N96 mobile phone users to download DRM-protected programmes on the go (more on sister site Moconews.net).

Original: BBC future media and technology director Erik Huggers is at pains to show he’s listening to calls for a more open dev strategy from the corporation. He’s used an interview (via Guardian.co.uk) to reaffirm Auntie’s commitment to open-source data for web developers – and some new projects coming down the pipe hint at how

Internet TV: Huggers says that a project, codenamed

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