Hackers bring iPlayer to PS3
A group of hackers has brought the BBC’s iPlayer service to the PS3, creating an unofficial portal where console users can access television content. The website is based on the flash streaming service from the Nintendo Wii version of iPlayer, which the BBC launched just last week.
The new site tricks the BBC’s servers into believing that the PS3 console is actually a Wii.
“It’s mainly a demonstration of how easily the BBC could support the PS3 with their Wii version. This does nothing more than mask your PS3’s user-agent string and makes half a dozen changes to make the JavaScript and CSS function correctly on the PS3. It only took a day to produce, so come on BBC - how about implementing this properly?” asks a message on the unofficial PS3 iPlayer portal
Last week the BBC announced that iPlayer would be officially available on the Nintendo Wii, but that no such plans were underway for either the Xbox 360 or Sony PS3 because Sony and Microsoft desired too much control over the service.
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