Articles tagged «iplayer»
3G streaming comes to BBC iPlayer app on Apple iPhone and iPod Touch devices
News Mobile & Telco
The British Broadcasting Corporation has released a new version of its iPlayer application for the Apple iOS, which now allows for the streaming of live television and radio channels over 3G and WIFI for the first time. BBC's...
Tablets Boost BBC iPlayer Usage
News Entertainment
The number of views of BBC iPlayer content generated by tablets grew by a staggering 15 per cent from August to September according to figures released by the BBC as part of its monthly performance pack (PDF). It still represents...
BBC Introduces New iPlayer For TVs
News Entertainment
The BBC has released a new version of its highly popular on-demand catch up service, the iPlayer, especially designed for televisions.Prior to the arrival of this new version, a "big screen" iPlayer service was available on TVs...
BBC launches TV-optimised iPlayer
News Web
The BBC has launched a new version of its iPlayer service designed especially for living room televisions. Recognising that web-enabled devices are making their way out of the bedroom or home office, the broadcaster says that,...
iPlayer Genius Ashley Highfield Joins Johnston Press as CEO
News Business
British publisher Johnston Press has appointed Ashley Highfield, a top executive at Microsoft Corporation as its new chief executive officer.According to the Wall Street Journal, Johnston Press PLC, the famous publisher of...
BBC iPlayer launches in 11 European countries
News Mobile & Telco
Home-sick ex-pats and European Anglophiles will be able to get a proper BBC fix on their iPads from today. The Beeb has finally unleashed a subscription-based version of the popular catch-up service which has been enjoyed by...
Noon News: Windows Phone Mango SDK 7.1 Released, Nude Album Cover Banned by Facebook, BBC iPlayer Unveiled
Overviews Mobile & Telco
Russian authorities in the city of Chelyabinsk are spending large amounts of money to improve the online image of the city in search results from Google, Yandex and the like. According to the Telegraph, authorities of the city of...
BBC iPlayer iPad App Debuts In 11 Territories
News Web
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, announced the launch of its global iPlayer service with an iPad app being potentially the first of many to come to market. iPlayer will be available in 11 countries in Western Europe...
BBC iPlayer gets European outing on Apple iPad
News Entertainment
Fawlty Towers and Doctor Who will be among the telly programmes new and old available to European iPad owners when Aunty's new mobile service launches later this year. The BBC has announced that Apple's proddable PC will be the...
BBC Radioplayer tunes into 200 UK radio stations
News Web
The BBC has launched Radioplayer, bringing together more than 200 UK radio stations including Capital, Xfm and Classic FM, in a single online console. The internet radio player, first unveiled at the annual Radio Festival in...
BBC Explains Cause Of Website Crash
News Web
The BBC websites suffered a major technical failure on Tuesday which affected many of its services including the news site, iPlayer and many others. The problem lasted for around an hour with visitors questioning how such a...
BBC Website Crash Causes One Hour Outage
News Web
The BBC's entire network of websites, including BBC News and the iPlayer, went offline for about an hour following an unprecedented network failure. The disruption, which happened on Tuesday evening, affected every website...
Faulty switch drops the BBC from the web
News Web
UPDATED 30-03-2011 10:17 Richard Cooper, the BBC's controller of digital distribution, has offered a more in-depth explanation for the outage. See the final paragraphs for details. The BBC's on-line services had a bit of a...
Rest of the world to get BBC iPlayer for IPad
News Mobile & Telco
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...
BBC iPlayer App Launched
News Entertainment
The BBC has released its iPlayer app for Apple's iPad and Google's Android-based devices.iPod Touch and iPhone versions of the app are in the pipe-line, the BBC said.The BBC's iPad app has been designed specifically for Apple's...






