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BenMcr · 28-03-2011, 13:05

Currently the Player is a web based service, so Flash is used as that has rights protection available within it, which HTML5 Video currently doesn't

As the iOS doesn't support Flash, then specific iOS apps would have to written to support Virgin Player on the iOS whilst protecting the rights of the content providers (which is what Hulu, Boxee and the BBC all do)

I'm sure this is something they are looking at, but the Flash version was a way to make it avaliable to the widest possible list of devices in one go

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BenMcr Virgin Media Staff Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Manchester Services: 360 x2, Maxit TV, Sky Sports and Sky Cinema. Gig1 Posts: 17,929	Re: Virgin Media Player Currently the Player is a web based service, so Flash is used as that has rights protection available within it, which HTML5 Video currently doesn't As the iOS doesn't support Flash, then specific iOS apps would have to written to support Virgin Player on the iOS whilst protecting the rights of the content providers (which is what Hulu, Boxee and the BBC all do) I'm sure this is something they are looking at, but the Flash version was a way to make it avaliable to the widest possible list of devices in one go