xbox Xbox UK to receive BBC iPlayer app 20th March

[L1520]

Dear xxx,

I am the Chief of Staff to Don Mattrick and he asked that I respond to your note regarding the launch of the BBC app on Xbox 360.

As of today, the app is expected to be available on March 20^th. Of course there are still technical tests and a certification process that must be complete, so that date is subject to change.

We appreciate your patience in this matter and hope this latest information is helpful.

Mr. Greenberg | Chief of Staff, Office of the President

[+John Teacake MVC]

Whos this from?

[+KibosJ Subscriber²]

Whos this from?

The email says it's from Mr. Greenberg, who is apparently the Chief Of Staff to Don Mattrick.

Don Mattrick is President, Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/mattrick/

Could be real I suppose, we will know for definite on the 20th of March :)

[~Johnny]

See, at no point have Microsoft or BBC ever called this a "BBC iPlayer" app, just a BBC app, so I wonder if there's any particular reason for that distinction. We know that BBC didn't want to release an iPlayer app because Microsoft wanted to restrict it only to gold - and all these new video service apps are for gold-only members, so it might be something a little different than what we're expecting.

[L1520]

I can assure you that this email is genuine, I assume the delay has been more legal discussions / negotiating regarding the gold account etc.