Mr Rose said the iPlayer now supported three separate DRM technologies: Microsoft, Adobe, and the OMA standards for mobiles.

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From New York he moved to the Netherlands to work for OMA, an architecture firm led by Rem Koolhaas.

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Foster is again designing residential condominiums, while Rem Koolhaas's firm, OMA, will create an arts center, retail spaces and a high-tech parking garage.

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This confidence later won over OMA's New York director Shohei Shigematsu.

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