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BBC iPlayer gets the HD treatment
News Selected programmes will soon be available on the BBC's iPlayer online on-demand TV service in high-definition (HD) form. There is likely to be more to come from iPlayer: the BBC's director of Future... [17 Apr 2009]
BBC iPlayer gets 3.5 million hits
News More than 3.5 million BBC programmes have been watched using the BBC's online on-demand iPlayer TV service during the fortnight after Christmas Day. Ashley Highfield, director of Future Media and... [15 Jan 2008]
BBC iPlayer gets Christmas bonus
News The BBC's iPlayer website saw a 14-fold increase in traffic during the festive period. In an exclusive interview with silicon.com Ashley Highfield, the head of the BBC's Future Media and Technology,... [10 Jan 2008]
BBC working with Microsoft for PDA roll out
News The BBC hasn't run like a technophobe from PDAs, often introduced through the 'back door' by employees, but is working with major vendors to find out how best to manage and benefit from handheld devices. [06 Nov 2002]
BBC reveals massive cost of online services
News The BBC spent more on its online content last year than any other digital service, forking out an impressive £52m. The bill beats the amount spent on high profile new channels like News 24 and BBC... [04 Jul 2001]
BBC admits sending virus to Archers listeners
News The BBC has admitted sending out the Sobig worm to subscribers of its email newsletter for the long running Radio 4 serial The Archers. A spokeswoman for the BBC said: "Despite the BBC's... [04 Feb 2003]
BBC's iPlayer comes to Macs and Linux
News A streaming version of the BBC's iPlayer online TV on-demand service has been launched for the Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. In an exclusive interview with silicon.com in October, the BBC's head of... [14 Dec 2007]
BBC calls for open standards for digital TV
News The BBC has called for digital TV developers to learn from the open standards of the Internet. BBC director of policy, Patricia Hodgson, said television would not become a medium for ecommerce unless... [02 Dec 1999]
BBC One and Two to go live on web
News BBC One and BBC Two will be available to watch live on the internet from 27 November at the same time they are broadcast on terrestrial television. Viewers will be able to view the 'simulcasts' by... [20 Nov 2008]
BBC pledges another decade to Energis
News Energis has won a 10-year extension to its contract with the BBC. The broadcaster has used Energis for over a decade, for its television and radio distribution network, and now that will be broadened to "taking... [22 Nov 2004]
Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer
Cheat Sheet Well users can download or stream BBC content broadcast during the preceding seven days and watch it on their computers. Not quite.iPlayer is actually the BBC's online on-demand TV service. Why is the... [05 Mar 2008]
BBC, ITV and C4 team up for on-demand TV
News BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 have got together to develop a joint on-demand online media player which will play content from all three. Although the BBC launched its iPlayer service in July and ITV... [28 Nov 2007]
BBC goes on network Patrol
News The BBC is to use BMC Software's Patrol network management product to monitor 800 distributed systems across the UK. The BBC said BMC's ability to port the software to Linux was a key factor in its favour. [20 Jul 1999]
BBC Technology boosts video streaming
News BBC Technology, the high-tech offshoot of the broadcaster, has signed a deal with streaming media specialist RealNetworks to deploy its RealSystem iQ media delivery platform. The deal makes BBC... [09 Aug 2001]
BBC gets the go-ahead for online 'digital curriculum'
News The BBC's controversial digital learning plans have finally been approved by the UK government - a move that is certain to enrage some commercial content producers. Culture secretary Tessa Jowell today announced that the... [09 Jan 2003]
