BBC iPlayer: A Flawed Gem
There's a lot of great things about the iPlayer - they biggest draw back is its total dependence on Microsoft.
View ArticleiPlayer: BBC To Enter Computer Games Market?
Is the BBC about to make a major move into the gaming market?
View ArticleAshley Highfield & The BBC iPlayer PR Offensive
We’ve had a listen to the podcasted interview with Ashley Highfield, Director of BBC Future Media and Technology, put out by BBC Backstage and thought it was worth some comment. It’s clearly part of a...
View ArticleiPlayer: BBC DOES Want Open Platform: OSC
We met with Mark Taylor, President of the Open Source Consortium (OSC) last night, directly after his meeting with the BBC to discuss opening-up the iPlayer to run on more platforms than just the...
View ArticleiPlayer Opening: Post BBC Interview with Mark Taylor, OSC (Podcast)
As promised, below is the interview we did yesterday evening with Mark Taylor, President of the Open Source Consortium, following their meeting the BBC Technology staff, giving you the latest news on...
View ArticleBBC iPlayer Scores 3.5m Downloads
Aunty Beeb's on-demand Internet TV service proves a hit
View ArticleiPlayer: HowTo Turn Off Sharing
One of the (many) complaints that people had with the BBC iPlayer was that their processing power and bandwidth was being used even when they didn’t have the iPlayer application loaded. While some of...
View ArticleBBC iPlayer Soars In Popularity
Switch to open web platform sees BBC triumphing over rivals.
View ArticleBBC iPlayer: Making the unmissable, unaffordable?
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...
View ArticleiPlayer On iPhone: Streaming Only
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...
View ArticleiPlayer iPhone Hacked AGAIN
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...
View ArticleiPlayer: Wii Gets Beta Player
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...
View ArticleAshley Highfield: iPlayer Glory Boy?
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....
View ArticleiPlayer Now On Virgin Media TVs
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. Virgin Media’s 3.5...
View ArticleBBC, ITV & BT Announce Open Broadband STB Project
The BBC, ITV and BT have announced a proposal to create an “open environment for broadband connected digital television receivers.” It’s an initiative open for all UK public service broadcasters,...
View ArticleiPlayer 3: New Social Functions Outlined For Q1-Q2 2009
If you hadn’t noticed(!), today is iPlayer day. The BBC Internet blog is covered in posting from various of the BBC bloggers, so many, that they run way over the front page. Anthony Rose, Controller,...
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