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Prediction: BBC will continue to be amongst leaders in Mobile Device content

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2008-11-25 22:37:57 by Ben Robinson in IntoMobile
...BBC Occasionally I like to write posts that take a wider view of the news they might take in things that I have read directly (be it on printed media, or on the InterWeb), or they might be anecdotal comments that colleagues (both past and present) have made to me. At any rate, from time to time, this incoming information binds together in...
 
 
 
 
 
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BBC admits that TV detector vans only work because Britons believe they do

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2008-11-01 02:45:49 by Rob Beschizza in Boing Boing Gadgets
...BBC, renowned for the quality of its news and television broadcasting, is funded by an annual fee on television use. But it's also famous for its sinister TV Detector Vans, which legend has it can tell if unlicensed televisions are in operation behind closed doors The beeb's secret sauce will remain secret, however, as Britain's Information...
 
 
 
 
 
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BBC iPlayers goes live on iPhone

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2008-03-09 00:47:12 by willpark in IntoMobile
...BBC's launch of their iPhone-optimized iPlayer, you can have your H.264 feed and eat it at 512Kbps too! That is, as long as you're in the UK - lucky Brits No Flash , no apps, no nothing. Just hit up the iPlayer site on your iPhone's Safari browser and get your fix of BBC TV shows. Of course, at 512Kbps, you're going to want to use WiFi - EDGE...
 
 
 
 
 
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BBC iPlayer Episode 2: On your iPhone

2008-04-01 12:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
 
...BBC has partnered with Apple to take its new service into the future, well ahead of the clueless U.S. TV networks which still haven't the faintest idea about what's going down around them Excerpts follow BBC Chief Has Radical Designs on Internet Unlike U.S. networks, which have only made tentative steps on the Internet for fear of losing...
 
 
 
 
 
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BBC and O2 interested in Qualcomm's Mobile TV

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2008-05-27 19:19:58 by Ben Robinson in IntoMobile
...BBC are apparently both interested in hearing more from Qualcomm about a potential MediaFLO Mobile TV network in the UK, according to the FT As you might know, Qualcomm recently won the L-band radio spectrum auction in the UK, laying out 8.3m - small fry for a company that spent out many many times that in the US. Qualcomm also ran a trial...
 
 
 
 
 
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BBC Trust considering 3G TV and Radio

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2008-08-01 09:43:42 by Ben Robinson in IntoMobile
...BBC Trust is apparently consulting on plans to syndicate all its national TV and radio services across 3G networks for mobile devices. Execs are going to propose to make the arrangement a permanent one after a 12-month trial, which ended in April this year MNOs Vodafone, Orange, 3UK and T-mobile would distribute the channels as part of their...
 
 
 
 
 
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Nokia N96 and BBC iPlayer - a match made in heaven!

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2008-09-07 12:50:58 by Ben Robinson in IntoMobile
...BBC have announced iPlayer support for it N96 users will be able to both stream and download programmes from the popular service, which will be delivered in a purpose-built application. Luckily, it will be able to use both 3G and WiFi, to avoid those (potentially, depending on contract) high data costs It is said that the app will also be...
 
 
 
 
 
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Reliance Mobile offers BBC World News streaming

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2008-10-14 09:23:12 by Ben Robinson in IntoMobile
...BBC Worldwide to offer the BBC World News channel though 3G streaming. Reliance has had a (reliable, presumably) streaming service running since 2004, with a variety of content - this deal is aimed at delivering 24/7 news coverage On its own, possibly not the biggest impact story, but do consider it in the global strategy that the BBC is now...
 
 
 
 
 
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UK: The BBC isnt that amused at Apple

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2008-11-13 19:55:55 by Ben Robinson in IntoMobile
...BBC wasnt overly positive about Apples stance to DRM, during a talk about the success of iPlayer recently. Incidentally, the Beeb also rolled out some BIG numbers about iPlayer usage Huggers supplied some impressive statistics showing how growth had doubled over the past nine months, from a January monthly total downloads of 11.2m to...