It's official: Netflix is now available in the U.K. and Ireland. The company launched its streaming service on Sunday, a much-needed bit of momentum after dealing with defecting users and plummeting stock prices.
There’s a debate revving up across the pond between several U.K.-based publications and the producers of BBC-owned Top Gear, a show for automotive diehards that’s become something of a phenomenon.
Barely making the announced August deadline, BBC Worldwide has finally launched its “Global iPlayer” iPad app—but only for those in western Europe, reports paidContent.
Expect the BBC to take over the American portion of the Internet very soon. BBC Worldwide Americas has stolen Nick Ascheim from the Associated Press to head up its digital presence, including creating some “unspecified new projects,” according to PaidContent.
We might not know exactly when the BBC will launch their iPad-only global iPlayer app, but at least we know that it won’t be too expensive to sign up. BBC Director General Mark Thompson has announced that the subscription cost of the international iPlayer, which will give users access to new and archived content from [...]
It’s taken nine months, but the BBC’s iPlayer has finally fulfilled its promise to become a VoD aggregator for British television. Content from competing networks ITV, Channel Four, Channel Five, S4C and SeeSaw has started appearing on the BBC service (along with content from MSN Video Player, oddly enough), which is the most popular VoD [...]
The BBC is to massively overhaul its online presence over the next two years, cutting 360 positions and cutting its spending by a quarter, as part of the corporation’s new cost-cutting strategy, “Putting Quality First.”
BBC Radio is testing out 3D audio technology that will change the way we listen, according to The Telegraph. You won’t be able to visualize sound, but by using specifically positioned speakers you’ll be able to get the surround sound experience from a broadcast. The government-funded company tested out the technology for a few listeners yesterday [...]
More details are emerging about the international launch of BBC iPlayer, the video-on-demand service that will stream content not only from the BBC, but also other British broadcasters and television producers, and it’s… not exactly what people were expecting. BBC.com managing director Luke Bradley-Jones has announced that iPlayer content will only be available for paid [...]
The British are coming – and they want your free time and eyeballs. The BBC is planning to launch iPlayer – the corporation’s online video-on-demand player – globally, making hundreds of hours of British television and radio programming available internationally for the first time legally.
Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series just went on sale this week, and to celebrate the longest running science fiction television show of all time we’re giving away the latest season of the BBC show to some lucky fans. Matt Smith plays the eleventh doctor with his companion Karen Gillian during this series. The six-disc box [...]
