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Originally Posted by BenMcr
The BBC have full control over how their content is delivered. So if it's only via the App it will be the BBC's decision. Virgin can't override that
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Surely it all depends on what the contract says. If Virgin allowed the BBC to have a full control over how and when services will be delivered then yes, Virgin are at the mercy of the BBC.
If Virgin insisted that the content must be delivered to the VM servers before going to to the final customers and it must be a X quality then Virgin retain a certain level of quality control for a product they are selling to the customer.
This must be putting massive pressure on BBC servers (especially considering the rapid deployment of the iPlayer) if all content is coming centrally - would have thought it would have been in the BBCs interest to send a single TV show into the Virgin network for Virgin to then pass on rather than the BBC sending out the TV show for every customer.
Is this the iPlayer for Tivo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/bigscreen/ ?