For all Apple Mac enthusiasts out there, the BBC has announced the release of its iPlayer for the Mac’s OS X by the end of 2008.

Director General Mark Thompson commented in a blog posting on the BBC’s website;

“I hope this good news is evidence of the hard work that the BBC is committing to supporting other platforms.”

Which quite frankly isnt good enough. As far as I am aware, UK Mac users are Television License payers too - so why should they be forced to wait an extra year for the service? The alternative of course is to pay upwards of 100GBP for a copy of Windows. From experience, i doubt this option will be popular with Mac users.

As for the ‘end of 2008′ date that is being suggested the BBC would seem to be putting little effort into rectifying the situation.

Too little - too late.

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