Category: BBC
BBC iPlayer users 'should pay licence fee'
BBC viewers who avoid paying the annual licence fee by only watching television via the iPlayer may not get away with it for much longer. Acting BBC Trust chairwoman Diane Coyle said the BBC will propose that those using just…
BBC sends weirdest news alert ever (UPDATED)
Now is the time to feel sorry for poor coder at the BBC, who was presumably testing the news alerts on the BBC News app when they actually sent out this message live to the apps thousands of users: (Pic…
"It's like I'm experiencing the horrors of Homs!" – The BBC experiment with Oculus Rift
The BBC has been experimenting with Oculus Rift – the immersive-3D virtual reality headset that was recently bought by Facebook. In a blog post Cyrus Saihan, who is head of Business Development at the corporation, explained that the BBC are…
BBC Playlister adds iTunes support
The BBC Playlister, a service which lets you "tag" tracks you like from BBC radio and TV programmes has added an option to export your playlist to iTunes. The move was revealed in a tweet, and has iTunes joining Spotify,…
BBC quietly launch Radio Explorer, and make radio relevant again
Over the weekend the BBC quietly launched a beta of a new service called BBC Radio Explorer, which is designed to offer up a custom stream of radio snippets relevant to your interests. The way it works is that you…
Radio downloads coming to BBC iPlayer
Good news for anyone stuck for something to listen to on the bus – soon you'll be able to download radio programmes from the iPlayer to listen to without killing your phone's data allowance. The development was picked up by…
