News Headlines - 28 August 2010

▽TV Producers Will Oppose BBC iPlayer For UK Travelers - paidContent.org
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-tv-makers-will-oppose-bbc-iplayer-for-uk-travelers/
Independent television producers have vowed to block making BBC iPlayer accessible to UK license payers whilst abroad, just hours after BBC director-general Mark Thompson announced the intention.

▽Top Gear bosses slam publishers over book revealing the Stig's identity - Mirror.co.uk
http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/08/28/top-gear-bosses-slam-publishers-over-book-revealing-the-stig-s-identity-115875-22519920/
Top Gear bosses yesterday slammed the publishers who plan to release a book revealing the identity of mystery driver the Stig.

▽Sony: Expect game discs for at least 10 years - CNET
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20014775-17.html
Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai, a person who is definitely in the position to decide the fate of physical media, says he expects game discs to be around for quite a while.

▽Lennon's toilet sells for £9,500 in Beatles auction - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-11120873
An overseas collector has paid £9,500 for John Lennon's toilet at an auction in Liverpool.

▽Battle of Britain veterans take to the skies again - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11120357
Fourteen Battle of Britain veterans have taken to the skies in a special memorial flight.