Tag: BBC
Win a DVD boxset of Planet Earth, with thanks to Tech Digest and Love Earth
Quick reminder about our competition from the other day, where you can win a DVD boxset of the BBC documentary Planet Earth.
Tech Digest has teamed up with Love Earth to give the prize to ten different people, to promote their website www.loveearth.com , which allows visitors to submit their own photos, or ‘postcards’ to the interactive map, and…
The BBC's iPlayer now works on Firefox
Great news. The only time I’ve had to use Internet Explorer so far this year was when loading up the Beeb’s iPlayer to see if the new series of Torchwood was as bad and as homo-erotically-charged as everyone said it was. It was.
Fortunately, iPlayer now works on Firefox. Without any extra fiddling around. Look at that image there – I just took that in Firefox. It worked. There was no fiddling around or installing of stuff. Internet Explorer is now dead to me…
BBC still committed to dual HD DVD and Blu-ray releases
The BBC has no plans to abandon HD DVD for its high-definition releases, despite the recent defection to Blu-ray of its distribution partner Warner Home Video. The Beeb says it’ll continue its policy of supporting both formats, following its policy with series like Planet Earth and Galapagos.
BBC iPlayer racks up 3.5 million views in 20 days
Those of you not affected by port’n’turkey sloth on Christmas Day may well have downloaded the official release of the BBC’s iPlayer, as it came out that day. According to the Beeb, more than a million people have since used the service, watching more than 3.5 million programmes
Shiny Review: BBC's "tenth anniversary" home page
To mark the BBC’s tenth anniversary online, they’ve revamped their online presence with the introduction of a new beta version of their home page.
Labelled “BBC Beta”, which is a little concerning as it sounds as if the whole of the Corporation is now in test mode, the new front page offers an iGoogle-style interface which is customisable with various content widgets.
It’s possible to choose to display a range of excerpts of the BBC’s content, including local, national, and world news, TV and radio listings, sport, weather, blogs, entertainment, and history.
BBC launches classic Parkinson clips on YouTube
I never liked Michael Parkinson. He flounders when interviewing women, promotes rubbish MOR-lite singers, and thinks Billy Connolly is seventeen times funnier than anyone else in the viewing public. There, I’ve said it. Sorry mum.
BBC says its wi-wi radiation Panorama programme was "misleading"
It’s OK. You don’t have to encase your wireless router in concrete and bury it or go back to having bright green Ethernet cables snaking through your house.
According to the BBC, its controversial and slightly ludicrous Panorama programme that claimed wi-fi generated three times as much radiation as mobile phone masts was misleading…
BBC Watchdog goes undercover to investigate iPhone insurance misinformation
It's rather unfair that the iPhone has become caught up in the latest controversy to hit the Carphone Warehouse, but, after complaints from a number of customers, investigators from the BBC's Watchdog programme have gone undercover to find out whether…
Broadband pipes may hold back Kangaroo TV platform, says analyst
We wrote yesterday about the announcement that UK broadcasters the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are setting up a joint on-demand video service codenamed ‘Kangaroo’. It’ll offer over 10,000 hours of new and archive shows, for streaming, renting or downloading.
Analysis: What is Bebo's Open Media initiative, and why does it matter?
We missed this earlier in the week, but it’s worth covering in depth. Bebo has announced its Open Media initiative, which it describes rather grandly as “a new vision for social media and entertainment”. Translation: they’re partnering with lots of broadcasters to distribute their video via Bebo’s social network.
