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Blocked: BBC plan to share iPlayer with rivals
News The BBC Trust has rejected a proposal that would allow UK broadcasters such as Channel 4, ITV and Five to share the BBC's iPlayer technology. The BBC Trust, the body that oversees the... [21 Oct 2009]
BBC names new CIO as part of tech shake-up
News Hall joined the BBC from Shell as an IT project manager in 1995. She has also been technology controller for BBC Nations & Regions, which saw her setting the technology strategy for the... [09 Oct 2009]
Turning Web X.0 Data Into Competitive Advantage
White Paper This paper presents a project at IBM Research, commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), to leverage deep Web data to help them stay in touch with their client base. Over the last... [16 Sep 2009]
BBC, C4 and ITV's Kangaroo finally finds new home with Arqiva
News The on-demand TV platform developed by BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV - known as Project Kangaroo - has had its new home confirmed. Project Kangaroo, a collaboration between... [25 Aug 2009]
Five - why we joined Project Canvas
News Five today announced it was joining the joint venture, which already includes the BBC, BT and ITV, leaving Channel 4 as the one remaining public service broadcaster not to have signed up to the project. [30 Jul 2009]
Five joins BBC and ITV in Canvas picture
News The addition of Five means Channel 4 remains the only free-to-air terrestrial broadcaster that hasn't signed up for Canvas and suggests momentum for Canvas is growing despite the project currently being scrutinised by... [30 Jul 2009]
Kangaroo tech jumps into Arqiva's hands
News Project Kangaroo, a collaboration between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, was intended to develop a shared online on-demand TV service for the three organisations. It now seems that the money invested... [23 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 10.07.09
Round-Up Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary David Miliband told the BBC: "For goodness' sake, let's grow up. Linux will run under the hood of the open source project but the applications will run on the web itself. The... [10 Jul 2009]
Cheat sheet: Project Canvas
Cheat Sheet The BBC's independent regulator, the BBC Trust, is currently taking a look at the project to see if it meets all the criteria that a licence-fee-funded project needs to.... [23 Jun 2009]
Photos: What Brown's reshuffle means for tech
Photo The star of the BBC show The Apprentice was chosen for the post thanks to the entrepreneurial instincts that saw him turn electronics manufacturer Amstrad into a household name in the home PC market in the 1980s. [10 Jun 2009]
Orange walks away from Kangaroo buy
News Project Kangaroo started life as a joint venture between BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV to develop a platform to play on-demand content from all three. Some very valuable digital assets were developed... [21 May 2009]
ID cards, Oracle, iPlayer and how to save your job...
News Elsewhere on the site, BBC iPlayer was getting readers excited as news emerged that Auntie's independent regulator was suggesting tweaks may be needed to TV licence fee legislation - and iPlayer is to blame. [08 May 2009]
Photos: The evolution of the PC
Photo Lin Jones, project manager at The National Museum of Computing, said the British boom in personal computing during the 1980s, which gave rise to the BBC, Spectrum and Amstrad, had inspired a generation... [07 May 2009]
Project Canvas: Watch out for DRM, rivals and quality
News The watchdog's comments come as part of a submission to the BBC's independent regulator, the BBC Trust, regarding the initiative to create a common standard to carry on-demand content to... [27 Apr 2009]
BBC's online future: A matter of semantics?
News The BBC's recently launched semantic web music project could indicate the future direction of the corporation's online presence. The BBC artist pages, a repository of information on... [07 Apr 2009]
