The BBC iPlayer's download function will soon be coming to Linux and Macs, thanks to a deal between Auntie and Adobe.
According to Erik Huggers, the BBC's director of future media and technology, the BBC is already working on a platform-neutral download client with a release expected before the end of the year.
Writing on the BBC Internet blog, Huggers said: "Using Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), we intend to make BBC iPlayer download functionality available on Mac, Linux and Windows for the first time later this year."
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