crossposted from
The Digital Reader
The BBC is
reporting:
Quote:
The BBC Trust has asked the BBC to postpone its plans while it looks into the business case for the new services.
The free applications were due to be released in April but have met with criticism from groups who say they will skew the market for news apps.
Several newspapers including the Guardian and Daily Telegraph already offer both free and paid-for apps.
A spokesperson for the BBC Trust said that the body had decided to launch an assessment of the apps after “representations from industry”.
One of the most vocal opponents has been the Newspaper Publishers Association (NPA), which said that the corporation would “damage the nascent market” for apps.
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FYI: The underlying problem here is not apps, but the fact that the BBC is a tax funded organization in the UK, and it competes with news organizations like The Guardian, The Times, etc. The BBC has no profit incentive, so they give their content away for free.
I find the complaints about the free apps to be a little silly. Isn’t this same BBC content already available on mobile devices for free (via the browser)?