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Archive for 23/11/2007
Why is the iPlayer a multi million pound disaster?
23/11/2007 by swordfish.
The story of the BBC’s iPlayer is of a multi-million pound failure that took years to complete, and was designed for a world that never arrived. More was spent on the project than many Silicon Valley start ups ever burn through, but only now can we begin to piece together how this disaster unfolded.
When the BBC embarked on its first concerted effort at delivering internet video - the service was called iMP - it included both download and streaming options. Fast forward two years to 2005, and iMP has been re-branded iPlayer, and streaming had been inexplicably binned and several million pounds burned.
One experienced web developer, who wishes to remain anonymous, described the project to us at the height of its Babylonian excess. He painted a picture of mismanagement and spiralling costs.
Source: Yahoo News
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