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BBC: "Mobile phone chip designer Arm has announced an alliance with the makers of the Ubuntu open source software."

The success of the BBC iPlayer is proof that the corporation is right to bet its future on the internet, its director of future media and technology, Erik Huggers , said yesterday.

Free content is always good, and content without DRM is good too, but free content without DRM is simply the best combination.

You won't see Doctor Who or Dragons' Den on there anytime soon, but they have been working with Canonical & Collabora on getting this out there for Totem users.

BBC Internet Blog: "This week, we're really happy to be sharing some work we've commissioned to deliver BBC content (mainly radio shows from the BBC Audio & Music team) on demand for users of GNU/Linux."

Linux Today Blog: "But thanks to FOSS (as always) there is a silver ray in the gloom-- Ubuntu 8.10 includes the Totem BBC Plugin:"

The BBC has announced that Mac users will be soon be able to download iPlayer programmes with the release of a new software client for its iPlayer service.

Silicon.com: "The BBC iPlayer's download function will soon be coming to Linux and Macs, thanks to a deal between Auntie and Adobe."

The BBC iPlayer 's download function will soon be coming to Linux and Macs, thanks to a deal between Auntie and Adobe.

The BBC has announced that its popular iPlayer service has gone portable and will be compatible with a large list of portable devices, including the Apple iPod Touch and iPhone.