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BBC Prepares To Put TV Archive On Web
Talkback Of course it'll be free, its covered by the licence fee - which means only those in the UK can watch it. I've not heard of the story your talking about, that's too bad. Everyone has to pay their fee, and that's the way it is Cho.
[April 4, 2005, 3:35]
Nuggets: No Life? Samsung's Got The TV For You
News Samsung also claims that it is the only TV maker to offer compatibility with MHEG5 digital text services from BBC and ITV, offering the advantage of easier access to information and quicker navigation around pages.
[March 16, 2000, 16:20]
Zattoo Puts Live TV On The Desktop
Blog Unlike the rest, Zattoo comes with all of the BBC's terrestrial and digital channels, ITV (local and regional), Channel 4, Five, and a bunch of other stuff you normally only find when flicking around on a dull weekend.
[April 29, 2008, 14:18]
BBC Digital Receives A Low-key Makeover
News All BBC online, interactive TV and digital text services were brought under the "BBCi" banner on Wednesday, to provide a uniform format for its information, education and education services. The BBC has quietly relaunched all of its interactive...
[November 8, 2001, 15:53]
News Burst: Government To Raise TV Rates
News The BBC license fee is to rise by £3 to pay for digital TV, the government announced yesterday. The move follows rumour-fuelled speculation and a government-commissioned investigation into BBC finances last summer.
[February 22, 2000, 10:45]
A Year Ago: Digital TV 'tax' Slammed By Media Alliance
News The government will be guilty of "inconsistency and favouritism towards the BBC" if it approves an increase in the TV license fee for viewers of digital TV according to an alliance of broadcasters. The alliance, unprecedented in modern media, is...
[August 1, 2000, 7:00]
Fixed BBC IPlayer Hacked Again
News Just hours after the BBC said it had fixed the iPlayer streamed TV service to prevent DRM-free file downloads, a London-based programmer has bypassed the new protection. BBC News proudly announced the BBC's victory over those of us who had figured...
[March 14, 2008, 16:00]
BBC Touts Free Archive
Talkback ALL THE DOCUMENTRIES WE HAVE WATCHED INCLUDING OTHER TV CHANNELS;GERMAN FRENCH BELGIUM, OR WHAT EVER, WERE PRODUCED BY BBC.POLITICS, SCIENCE HISTORY ARCHIVES, AND OFCOURSE ALL THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY BBC IS THE ONLY AND ONLY RELIABLE SOURCE OF...
[September 2, 2003, 15:56]
PCs, Mobiles And PDAs Need 'online' TV Licence
News The UK's TV Licensing (TVL) authority has responded to criticism from readers of ZDNet UK sister site Silicon.com over its warning that people watching online BBC broadcasts on a PC face stiff fines if they don't have a TV licence.
[June 13, 2006, 16:20]
A Year Ago: Government Panel Recommends Digital Poll Tax
News While the BBC claims the panel's funding proposals do not go far enough and threaten the future of the BBC's digital output, commercial channels and consumer groups criticised the increase as a "digital poll tax".
[August 8, 2000, 7:06]
Broadcasters Question BBC's Role In Digital Age
News Commercial broadcasters have questioned the role that the BBC will play in the digital age, following Monday's rise in TV licences. Smith claimed that without the BBC, only half the population will take up digital TV.
[February 22, 2000, 11:48]
BBC Launches IPlayer 2.0 Beta
News The BBC's iPlayer on-demand TV service has undergone a major facelift designed to make it more appealing and easier to use. Almost a year after its beta launch, the BBC has added more functionality and improved the interface of the successful web...
[June 26, 2008, 8:49]
No Licence Is Required To Watch Iplayer In The UK
Talkback BBC have stated that the number of people without TV Licences and with High Speed Broadband is extremely small, that it is currently not an issue for TV Licencing Revenue. News24 via the BBC website, but is not required to watch 'catch up' ITV, or...
[March 17, 2008, 10:20]
BBC Fixes Hack Loophole In IPlayer
News The BBC has issued a fix for a loophole that allowed hackers to download unrestricted content from its iPlayer online TV service. In a statement the BBC said it had released a fix for the "unrestricted downloading of streamed TV programmes".
[March 14, 2008, 8:59]
BBC Unveils Major Online Revamp
News Thompson also revealed that as part of the Creative Future strategy, the BBC is less than five years away from allowing viewers to create "drag and drop" personalised TV and radio stations. The move towards a more tech-savvy BBC is prompted by the...
[April 27, 2006, 8:55]
Online TV Blamed For Choking Broadband Networks
News Specifically, the recent surge of interest in the BBC's iPlayer online, on-demand TV service raised this issue following a massive 3.5 million programmes being streamed or downloaded in the two weeks following its marketing launch alone.
[January 29, 2008, 8:42]
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 Threatens IPlayer Hackers With Mild Annoyance
Blog With the tedious inevitability of an unloved season, the BBC's iPlayer has provoked a chain of events with as much predictability as a Bond movie. The plot is simple: the BBC wants to do its job, which is to provide entertainment, information and...
[June 9, 2008, 11:42]
Thursday
Blog The first sub-£99 set is announced by Videologic -- the start of a range the company has planned -- while all the BBC's radio channels will be carried as part of the new terrestrial digital TV licence awarded after the demise of ITV Digital.
[July 5, 2002, 15:41]
BBC Hints At Digital Set-top Giveaway
News The BBC would not comment on industry rumours that it could be charged with carrying out the government's plans to bring Britain online, through interactive TV. The BBC is downplaying comments by director general Greg Dyke Thursday that the...
[February 9, 2001, 12:58]
