Apples DRM softwear and suport

I am a committed apple user who has supported apple for over 15 years now but I am very upset over the lack of support for TV on demand over the Internet. Specifically the BBCs (iPlayer) and channel 4 (4OD) two free on demand services in the UK that can not be assessed using apple mac
I know it not all down to apple or the broad casters but dose anyone know when the problems will be resolved and I be able to use these services with my mac. Or am I for the first time in 15 years going to be forced to bye a PC...
One very disappointed mac user, who cant believe that apple have dropped the ball so badly and are missing out on this fundamental part of the dream that was to have the mac as a digital hub of everyones new iLife

I don't want to sound harsh but what on earth has this got to do with Apple 'dropping the ball' for heaven's sake? I'm sure Apple would love to have all that BBC content freely downloadable, but it is the BBC who choose how to deploy it's programming content.
The BBC themselves went for a Windows based DRM only iPlayer download platform but isn't there supposed to be Mac support later this year?
You can watch the low quality streaming on a Mac (Flash) and watch it on the iPhone with wi-fi access (Quicktime movie). The QT streaming movie on iPhone at least encourages me that we might see DRM downloads which will play on iPhone/ipod/AppleTV and Macs in the not too distant future.
AC
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