Tag Archives: BBC

Jul
18

Beeb plans mobile survey

mobile-industry The BBC has announced plans to carry out a survey of mobile coverage across the UK with the help of Epitiro, who have developed an Android app to collect the data... more
Jun
21

3DTV won't succeed in UK

Confirming what we’ve been saying on this site ever since 3DTV sets first emerged in the living room, a new report from Informa Telecoms & Media reckons that 3DTV won’t be.. more
Jun
01

Radioplayer mustered 5.7 million listeners last month

The BBC has announced the audience figures for Radioplayer, the joint venture online radio service which sees the Beebs’s stations packaged up with commercial stations. Radioplayer went live from April, and.. more
May
28

BBC News app launches on Android

The BBC News app was launched on iPhone and iPad last July. It took its time to make it out onto Apple devices due to waiting for approval from the BBC Trust, but when it emerged we anticipated an Android version following quite soon, or.. more
May
03

Royal wedding breaks online streaming records

The dust has settled from the big day and bank holiday weekend, with only the commemorative plates, tea towels and sick bags (yes, sick bags) left to remind us of Friday’s royal wedding. How many of the souvenir sick bags were actually used during the.. more
Apr
23

Survey highlights worries of heavy pornography users

A new study has drawn attention to the number of young men who are concerned about the amount of pornography they’re watching on the net. The research, undertaken by BBC Newsbeat and doctors from the Portman Clinic, found that 25% of those in the 18.. more
Mar
31

RadioPlayer launches in UK unifying online radio

RadioPlayer, an online service which unites a large collection of UK radio stations, has just been launched. The BBC and commercial radio players Global and Guardian Media Group are behind the project, which has begun with 150 radio stations and the promise that more will.. more
Mar
31

Major BBC website outage caused by faulty switch

The day before yesterday, the BBC website and related services such as the iPlayer were hit by an outage for an entire hour, from around 11pm to midnight. This prompted speculation about hacking attacks, but it turned out that a hardware problem was to blame... more
Mar
30

BBC websites crashed for an hour last night

Late yesterday evening, the BBC experienced a technical outage of its sites and services including the iPlayer. The Beeb says that the downtime lasted for around an hour due to what big-wigs called a “major network problem”. Beyond that, no explanation was given. Which of.. more
Mar
03

iPlayer international version to cost under $10 per month

The Beeb’s iPlayer has been going from strength to strength recently. January’s figure of 162 million requests served by the catch-up TV service represents the fourth month in a row that the iPlayer has broken its own record (jumping from 145 million requests in December)... more