WMA and WMV (file format)

Officially Windows Media Audio and Windows Media Video, these are encoding formats developed by Microsoft and used by BBC Shop. WMA delivers superior sound quality to an MP3 file. Both WMA and WMV incorporate Digital Rights Management which protects and licenses content to the user.

WMA, WMV and files protected with Microsoft’s DRM, such as the BBC Shop downloads, WILL NOT WORK on Apple iPods.