BBC Introduces Higher Quality iPlayer, ISPs should be worried

The international version of BBC's iPlayer app for the iPad will cost users less than $10 or £6.13 per month, a BBC executive has said. Speaking during the Financial Times Digital Media and Broadcasting Conference in...

The BBC is planning to release an international version of its iPlayer App for iPad. The TV catch-up service - which is free for UK residents (or at least those with a UK IP address) whether or not they have coughed up the...

The BBC's head of Future Media and Technology Erik Huggers is set to leave the organisation to join Intel as the head of its Digital Home Group, the corporation has announced.Erik Huggers, who joined the corporation in 2007, was...

Sony has released more details about its forthcoming SMP-N100 network media player, one which will be pitted against the new Apple TV. The set top box, which costs around £120 and will be available in October, will provide...

Virgin Media confirmed its ambition of being a three-screen content player as its executive director of TV and online Alex Green told an audience at the IPTV World Forum that they will embark on an online VoD project. Techradar...

Asam Ahmad, the head of Virgin Media's Consumer media relations, has disclosed at the Ideal Home Show 2010 in Earl's Court, London that the cable company won't be launching its 200Mbps for at least two years. We already...

Figures revealed by the BBC regarding its iPlayer service show that the popular video on demand service has shattered all previous records when it comes to TV programme requests. A staggering 1.4 million users on average tuned in...

Sky TV service, which is run by British Sky Broadcasting (BskyB), has opinionated that BBC Trust's 'inherent tension' regarding the 'Project Canvas' digital alliance has lead it to ignore the competition concerns related to the...

As the iPlayer celebrates its two years of existence on Christmas, the Beeb has revealed statistics about its revolutionary video on demand service, which indicated that 2009 has been the most successful year for iPlayer, by far,...

BSkyB has lambasted the BBC for using taxpayer’s money to invest into Project Canvas, a proposed joint venture involving some media heavyweights, such as the BBC, BT, ITV, and Five aimed at distributing content...

Virgin Media is beefing up its High Definition offering by adding FX, MTV and National Geographic to its lineup which consisted, for now, of the lonely BBC HD channel. The channels will be available for free to XL TV customers at...

The BBC has further beefed up the offerings of its widely popular online on-demand television service BBC iPlayer by adding HD streaming and downloading capabilities to it.  This will imply that the people using the service...

Sprucing up its offerings for its iPlayer services, BBC announced that it will be adding new high definition (HD) channel to its renowned on-demand video streaming service sometime around next month. Though there has been no...

Users of popular portable media players like the Archos Series or Smartphones like the Nokia N96 rejoice. The BBC has updated its iPlayer platform aand now allows content to be downloaded to the players via a USB port (or by...

Dutch-born Erik Huggers has been selected as BBC’s new director of future media and technology, replacing Ashley Highfield. Huggers joined the BBC a year ago as chief controller of future media and technology, and...