Tag: BBC
BBC Three claims web 2.0 revamp pulling in the youth market
The BBC’s decision to turn BBC Three into some kind of web 2.0 hybrid is already pulling in viewers from the younger end of the market – claims the BBC.
BBC re-launches its mobile web site
The BBC has updated its mobile web site to include more interactive elements and content than before, and in recognition that it’s already the most popular mobile web destination in the UK, with 2.7 million unique visitors each month.
It keeps many of the same elements found on the BBC’s regular web site…
BBC iPlayer comes to iPhone
At the end of last week, the Beeb’s iPlayer passed a significant landmark: it is now available on a portable device for the first time.
If you’ve read the headline, you’ll know that the portable device in question is Apple’s iPhone, but even without that advantage you could probably have guessed from the BBC’s utter lack of originality when it comes to naming its player that a similarly i-prefixed product was the obvious first port of call.
Europe funding Bittorrent-like internet TV standard
You know Bittorrent? The evil scourge of the media world? Well, it’s being pursued by the EU as a possible standard for distributing TV online throughout Europe. Bittorrent’s going LEGIT.
The hope is to establish a Europe-wide standard for online delivery of telly, based around the Bittorrent format, which will provide access to stored archive material and streamed live events – and the P2P nature of it all will help stop the servers crashing on Eurovision night or when Manchester United plays Barcelona…
BBC to bring iPlayer to iPhone and iPod Touch
The BBC has announced plans to launch a version of its iPlayer TV catch-up service for iPhone and iPod Touch. “It will be the first of a transformation in people streaming long-form content onto a portable device,” said Anthony Rose, head of digital media technology at the Beeb.
Over 17 million programmes watched on iPlayer, claims BBC
According to the BBC, over 17 million programmes were watched or downloaded on demand via the BBC’s iPlayer catch-up service in the first seven weeks of its full launch, with the BBC’s Director General Mark Thompson comparing its the arrival to that of colour TV in the 1960s.
BBC TV comes to iTunes Store, for a price
It seems all the BBC is doing right now is pushing out its content into every Web 2.0 and online orifice going. The latest development is that it expects the good old British public (who already fund the BBC) to pay for content via the iTunes Store.
For just £1.89 per episode, users can download a range of popular Beeb fare including Torchwood, Life on Mars, Little Britain, Spooks, Robin Hood, and other BBC classics.
There’s now quite a bewildering choice of methods by which you can get your fix of Auntie, and depending on how organised you are, how much you care about quality, and the state of your bank balance / credit limit.
Scalextric launches Powerlaps – Top Gear-themed racing
Unless you happen to be a lower league celebrity, chances are that you’ll not be invited to race a car round a track for the BBC’s Top Gear programme. But you will soon be able to do it in your living room with the Scalextric Powerlaps set.
BBC launches widgets for Radio Times, Good Food, and Top Gear web sites
The BBC is certainly keen to get their content out beyond the gogglebox in the living room. Last month, they put classic TV clips on MySpaceTV, they’ve put classic Parkinson and EastEnders on YouTube, and their iPlayer is booming, so it’s probably no surprise that they’ve now developed widgets which can be used on the desktop, on social networking sites, and popular blog platforms.
RadioTimes.com, BBCGoodFood.com, and TopGear.com, all now provide widgets which give regular feeds of the latest news and information.
Mark Thompson, Director General of the BBC, has stated that their incredibly popular iPlayer web-based catchup service will come fully to Mac users by the end of the year.