iPlayer Desktop Launch

A big day for the iPlayer team today - a shiny new look for CBBC, local radio and the unveiling of our new cross-platform application : the iPlayer Desktop. With a commitment to a launch this year the client and server teams with help from Adobe have been working very hard to make this happen. As Andrew mentions this included tweaks for Air 1.5 which only came out of beta today.

I was going to post a ’sign up for labs then look for Buzzcocks’ guide’ for those having difficulties but looks like James has this covered.

There are a growing number of downloads available now - expect a full set in next couple of days. We’ll also look at some higher quality options next year (the download is currently the same as the h.264 stream)

Like any beta we’ll be pouring over your feedback in all the usual places (twitter, message boards and feedback forms) - expect to see Dan here - (he’s kindly volunteered to be our new Media Playout rep.) - or me during the night.

As well as being cross-platform - the Air platform gives us an easy way of delivering updates (fixes and new features) - we have some great things planned for next year.

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