Posted by Simon Perry on 20 June 2008 | Tagged as: UK, BBC, Mobile, Gaming
The BBC is to continue to open up paths to make money from it’s car TV programme, Top Gear, via its commercial wing, BBC Worldwide.
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Posted by Simon Perry on 30 May 2008 | Tagged as: BBC, Web
The BBC Trust published their findings of the review of the bbc.oc.uk Web site.
This is the first time the BBC Trust had carried out its review, as it’s operating under new Charter arrangements. Previously reviews of BBC services were a job for the Secretary of State.
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Posted by Mike Slocombe on 6 May 2008 | Tagged as: Distribution, UK, BBC, HDTV
Subscription-free high def service launches in the UK.
Posted by Simon Perry on 2 May 2008 | Tagged as: BBC iPlayer, Services, UK, BBC
As expected, BBC iPlayer is now available on Virgin media at the press of the Red Button on the remote to view on their TVs, rather than having to drag their PC in front of them.
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Posted by Simon Perry on 17 April 2008 | Tagged as: BBC iPlayer, UK, BBC
How wrong The Times are in their piece praising Ashley Highfield, entitled “Business big shot: Ashley Highfield.”
To label him as the man behind the launch of the BBC iPlayer, misleads their readers.
Ashley might have been the person who stood himself up for interviews, giving the impression that he was the man behind it.
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Posted by Simon Perry on 9 April 2008 | Tagged as: Distribution, BBC iPlayer, UK, BBC, Video on Demand (VoD), Cross platform
BBC iPlayer is further expanding the hardware platforms that it’s available on - the last was a troublesome iPhone launch.
The latest is the Nintendo Wii, announced today, bringing the advantage that the iPlayer content can be viewed on a ‘normal’ TV, rather than on a computer screen.
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Posted by Simon Perry on 14 March 2008 | Tagged as: BBC iPlayer, Apple, Copy Protection, UK, BBC
Just when the BBC were pleased to tell everyone that they’d fixed the hole in their iPhone iPlayer service that let people download TV programmes without DRM - the very next day, the originator of the hack, Paul Battley, produced an update to get around the BBC’s fix, re-opening the whole.
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Posted by Simon Perry on 7 March 2008 | Tagged as: Content, BBC iPlayer, Apple, UK, Mobile, BBC, Wireless
BBC iPlayer is coming to the Apple iPhone.
The BBC iPlayer service, that lets UK TV licence players watch selected piece of content that have been shown on TV in the proceeding fourteen days, is going to be usable and playable on the Apple iPhone and iPod touch using WiFi connections.
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Posted by Simon Perry on 20 February 2008 | Tagged as: BBC iPlayer, UK, BBC, Software
We and other publications have been reporting that the BBC iPlayer has been taken up in large numbers by UK TV License payers.
We’ve experienced something that other individuals might, one that will have serious implications for the long term success of BBC’s heavily-promoted service.
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Posted by Simon Perry on 19 February 2008 | Tagged as: Revenue raising, Distribution, Apple, BBC
A selection of BBC TV programmes are, from today, available to be bought on iTunes.
BBC Worldwide, the commercial side of the corporation, has penned the deal, which has been long anticipated.
Individual episodes will cost £1.89 with some available as a series bundle, an example being the Catherine Tate Show, selling at £9.99 for six episodes.
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