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BBC appoints new CIO in tech shake-up
Blog The BBC has appointed Tiffany Hall as a new chief information officer in a shakeup of its broadcast and technology area within the Future Media and Technology division. Hall, who joined the BBC as an IT project manager in 1995, will be responsible...
[October 12, 2009, 11:32]
BBC HD Freeview encryption confusion
Blog Comment So is the BBC just proposing encrypting the EPG data, then? And nothing else? That can't possibly be right, can it? I don't have a either a set-top box or an HDTV, but do have a USB DVB-T adapter and an HD-capable monitor, and tend to watch...
[September 17, 2009, 9:26]
BBC One and Two head to the web
News BBC One and BBC Two will be available to watch live on the internet from 27 November, at the same time as they are broadcast on terrestrial television. Viewers will be able to view the 'simulcasts' by accessing the homepages for each channel on the...
[November 21, 2008, 13:32]
BBC iPlayer heads to set-top boxes
News Having conquered the PC world with one million requests per day, the BBC's iPlayer could soon be coming to set-top boxes. An agreement announced on Thursday between the BBC, Channel 4 and BT will see the threesome working on a platform to carry on...
[December 12, 2008, 13:21]
BBC HD Freeview encryption confusion
Blog The BBC has said that it wants to be able to protect its TV listings and other service information for the HD channels it is due to start broadcasting on terrestrial Freeview later this year. Under the terms of its licence as a public service...
[September 16, 2009, 18:04]
BBC's poor iPhone coverage
Blog I thought the coverage BBC News gave to the iPhone launch on Friday was really poor. On the evening news they covered the story by concentrating on the fact that the phone is locked to one network, but could easily be hacked by any Joe Schmoe in...
[November 13, 2007, 17:51]
BBC touts free archive
News The BBC plans to digitise its archive and let people download programs for free online, director general Greg Dyke said on Sunday. The BBC probably has the best television library in the world," Dyke said while speaking at the Edinburgh...
[August 26, 2003, 9:20]
BBC to boost web-TV offering for London 2012
News The London 2012 Olympic Games could fuel a leap in broadcasting technology not seen since the rush for televisions to watch the Queen's coronation, according to the BBC. The BBC will also support a greater range of mobile devices and technological...
[October 24, 2008, 12:46]
BBC pledges software-licensing shake-up
News The BBC has pledged it will continue reviewing all its software licensing after removing licences for its electronic-purchasing system from hundreds of staff that were not regularly using them. The BBC has said it has removed 780 licences, costing...
[November 3, 2008, 14:38]
BBC may help fund UK fibre rollout
News The BBC could help the rollout of super-fast broadband access under the government's Digital Britain plan. Minister for communications, technology and broadcasting Lord Carter, who is overseeing the report, on Tuesday suggested the BBC could have a...
[March 12, 2009, 11:05]
BBC unveils major online revamp
Talkback It's not just the 16-24 year olds who are shunning the BBC's televised output. Although there are better websites for sports coverage, the BBC's reputation for quality news coverage is, on the whole, fairly well deserved.
[April 27, 2006, 9:21]
BBC iPlayer goes high definition
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 Media and Technology, Erik Huggers, said in a...
[April 20, 2009, 11:53]
Report: BBC, Google discussing international iPlayer
News According to media reports, BBC director general Mark Thomson is in negotiations with Google chief executive Eric Schmidt about the possibility of hosting long-form BBC content on Google-owned video website, YouTube.
[June 1, 2009, 9:39]
BBC's iPlayer numbers revealed
News During peak hours, BBC iPlayer pumps out 12GB of data every second, and seven petabytes (PB) of data every month. Most content these days is ultimately on tape delivery, so BBC Vision might have filmed a programme a year ago or someone may have...
[May 11, 2009, 12:06]
BBC digital receives a low-key makeover
News The BBC has quietly relaunched all of its interactive services under a single brand name, in its first step towards driving digital take-up in Britain. All BBC online, interactive TV and digital text services were brought under the "BBCi" banner on...
[November 8, 2001, 15:53]
BBC TV over Wi-Fi
Blog A hankering to watch BBC TV progs live If you have those four ingredients then switch Wi-Fi on and visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/live/tv/ from your device. But the fact that the BBC has launched this service, and plans a 3G compatible version...
[April 8, 2009, 15:43]
BBC Technology announces 3G deal with Hutchison
News BBC Technology has signed a five-year deal to manage the production of content for Hutchison 3G's forthcoming high-speed mobile network. The deal will see BBC Technology producing audio-visual content, and is likely to include the production of...
[January 10, 2002, 14:35]
BBC tech chief calls for iPlayer licence fee
News People who only view BBC content through its online video-on-demand service iPlayer should pay for the privilege, according to the broadcaster's tech chief. A loophole which allows those who only watch BBC programming through iPlayer to avoid...
[May 21, 2009, 10:00]
BBC slipped up over outsourcing savings
Talkback "The Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union (Bectu), which represented approximately 370 of the IT staff the BBC sold to Siemens.fiercely criticised the BBC for its miscalculation of cost savings.
[July 12, 2006, 13:53]
BBC bought botnet
Blog Using 22,000 computers that had already been infected, the BBC bought software that enabled it to control the botnet. It doesn't matter that the spam emails were sent to BBC accounts or that the distributed denial of service attack against Prev-X...
[March 12, 2009, 16:40]
