Ben Lavender, iPlayer Inventor Leaving BBC Today
The originator of the BBC iPlayer (nee iMP) is leaving the corporation, after working hard to try and get it released.
The originator of the BBC iPlayer (nee iMP) is leaving the corporation, after working hard to try and get it released.
Finally the BBC Trust appears to be open to taking about the iPlayer going Open Source.
At long last – after a _very_ long period of beta and a whole lot more talking, the BBC have given 27 July as the date of release.
The Beeb gets the go ahead for its ‘catch up’ TV service.
The BBC are going to start of a trial to syndicate a range of its television channels and radio networks via 3G to mobile phones within the month. Three UK operators will be taking part, Orange, Vodafone and 3 giving subscribers to the trial the ability to watch BBC One, BBC News 24 and BBC … Continue reading BBC TV & Radio Trial On UK 3G
We can’t help but to see this announcement in a gloomy way. The BBC puts itself forward as an open organisation, but how does that balance with this announcement?
Further experiments with delivery of content over broadband are afoot in the UK, as the BBC gingerly moves to our broadband future.
Tim Bourne gives us a quick run through of his first impressions of using the BBC iMP. Will it change the world of TV?
BBC extends trials of its interactive Media Player (iMP), offering 500 hours of TV and radio available to download.
This is the last in a series of eight articles with some of the people involved with the Digital Lifestyles conference day at IBC2004. Simon Perry interviewed Miriam Segal, from Tailor-Made films on the perils, and bright future, of interactive broadcasting.