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BBC websites recover from massive outage

...a router failure, happened at around 11pm and affected the whole of BBC Online, according to the broadcaster. The disruption meant that high-profile websites... Read more

30 March, 2011 by Ben Woods

BBC Online to shed one-fifth of staff

...BBC Online will lose more than one-fifth of its staff as part... Read more

24 January, 2011 by Tom Espiner

BBC Online crashes after major network incident

BBC Online services out of action for one hour... BBC Online went offline... Read more

30 March, 2011 by Shelley Portet

BBC Online: The future is one service, four screens, 10 products

...future media Ralph Rivera said at an event in London on Friday. BBC Online's strategy will focus on four 'pieces of glass' - laptops, smartphones... Read more

20 June, 2011 by Tim Ferguson

BBC revamps homepage as cost cuts loom

...for BBC Future Media, told press at a launch event on Tuesday. BBC Online has been consolidated into 10 products: News, Sport, Weather, CBeebies, CBBC... Read more

21 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner

BBC iPlayer runs rival channels' programmes

...iPlayer partner-linking feature is part of a wider drive to make BBC Online a hub service for various media. The BBC points to the... Read more

18 February, 2011 by Shelley Portet

BBC iPlayer app heads to iPad

...a BBC engineer suggesting that the app will hit tablets on Thursday. BBC online engineer Geoff Marshall, a self-described "Beeb operational techie", posted to... Read more

9 February, 2011 by Rich Trenholm

Huggers leaves BBC to head Intel unit

...left the BBC for Intel. Photo credit: Jöran Maaswinkel "During his tenure, BBC Online, BBC Red Button and BBC Mobile have seen exceptional growth, while... Read more

20 January, 2011 by Ben Woods
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Earth Dog Story 1.0

...Version)Earth Dog also had Press coverage in the following:NBC, MSNBC, BBC Online, Time For Kids, The Internet For Your Kids, Dallas Child Magazine... Read more

5 April, 2012
The Earth Dog Story 1.0

The Earth Dog Story 1.0

...Version)Earth Dog also had Press coverage in the following:NBC, MSNBC, BBC Online, Time For Kids, The Internet For Your Kids, Dallas Child Magazine... Read more

5 April, 2012
BBC Sports Mobile 1.4

BBC Sports Mobile 1.4

...with browsers that do not render mobile websites properly.Keywords:sports, bbc, bbc online, bbc mobile, sport, uk, united kingdom, england, wales, scottish, sottland, English... Read more

26 November, 2011

BBC's director of future media off to pastures new

...to "re-establish the BBC's strength in technology". "During his tenure, BBC Online, BBC Red Button and BBC Mobile have seen exceptional growth," wrote... Read more

19 January, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Government launches investigation into BBC

...the BBC that would include a review of its news Web site BBC Online, following complaints from companies that the public service broadcaster is competing... Read more

12 February, 2001 by Will Knight

Job losses at BBC Technology

...the money spent on overheads," Dyke told Metro. In a separate development BBC Online picked up two awards at the NetMedia award ceremony in London... Read more

7 July, 2000 by Rachel Munro

BBC online revamp embraces mobiles, podcasts and user content

...contribute to Auntie's online content. Thompson said: "We need to reinvent [BBC Online], fill it with dynamic audio-visual content, personalise it, open it... Read more

26 April, 2006 by Jo Best

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