dear channel 4...

From 4od Help:

Will I be able to access 4oD on my Mac?

Unfortunately not at the launch of 4oD.

This is an industry-wide issue caused because the accepted Digital Rights Management (DRM) system used to protect online video content, which is required by our content owners, is not compatible with Apple Mac hardware and software. The closed DRM system used by Apple is not currently available for licence by third parties and there is no other Mac-compatible DRM solution which meets the protection requirements of content owners. Unfortunately, we are therefore unable to offer 4oD content to Mac users at this stage.

To which I can only say, "bollox". In so many ways. Aside from the fact that there are indeed many ways to use non-Apple-approved DRM on Macs, there is no "accepted Digital Rights Management" system. There are a wide variety of ineffective customer-abusive systems, none of which actually prevent illegal distribution of content and all of which make it less likely that the average Joe will be able to avail of said content without having to resort to "illegal" downloads or a cheap knock-off from Camden Market/O'Connell Bridge. Please get with the programme, because your viewing audience already has, and are downloading non-DRM versions of these shows as I type this.

merry Christmas, hope you weren't planning on using our service

Irish Rail says this evening's Cork-Dublin service is not running "due to operational problems associated with drivers not covering absences". Way to describe the problem clearly. I hope the drivers who failed to show up have a happy Christmas at home, given that they've made sure some people won't.