UK HWF Members: Please sign this petition

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May the source be with u!
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 BBC plans to launch an on-demand tv service which uses software that will only be available to Windows users. The BBC should not be allowed to show commercial bias in this way, or to exclude certain groups of the population from using its services. The BBC say that they provide 'services for everyone, free of commercial interests and political bias'. Locking the new service's users into Microsoft Windows whilst ignoring those members of society who use other operating systems should does not fit in with the BBC's ethos and should not be allowed.

You can sign the petition online at http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/iplayer/
 
Come on people theres only 18 days to go.
Donkey! Dont say you haven't signed it yet?!

BBC have had a few nasty knocks lately, stop from from getting another!
 
I take it you checked your junk mail folder? I only noticed the other day that all my moneysavingexpert emails were in the thunderbird junk folder. I couldnt believe it!
 
zeus said:
I take it you checked your junk mail folder?
i don't have a junk folder, all mail arrives in my inbox, & i clear out the crap every 6 month or so & TB leaves messages on server until removed from inbox
 
Im sure everyone else who signed the petition also go the email but for those who didnt.....

Over 16,000 people signed the petition and the prime ministers office gave this response....




The Government set up the BBC Trust to represent the interests of licence fee payers, and to ensure good governance of the BBC.

The BBC Trust has responsibility for ensuring that the correct degree of scrutiny is given to all proposals from the BBC Executive for new services (such as the iPlayer) and any significant changes to existing services. To fulfill this duty, the Trust conducted a Public Value Test on the BBC Executive's proposals to launch new on-demand services, including BBC iPlayer. This included a public consultation and a market impact assessment by Ofcom.

In the case of the iPlayer, following the consultation, the Trust noted the strong public demand for the service to be available on a variety of operating systems. The BBC Trust made it a condition of approval for the BBC's on-demand services that the iPlayer is available to users of a range of operating systems, and has given a commitment that it will ensure that the BBC meets this demand as soon as possible. They will measure the BBC's progress on this every six months and publish the findings.
 
even though i don't know if i signed it, as i never got email confirmation

but that good news for not Windoze users

:good:
 
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