Stephen Fry attacks BBC over iPlayer Programmes Giveaway

TheFirstPost reports that Comedian Stephen Fry openly criticised the BBC, during a public lecture organised by the corporation, over what he calls the seemingly deliberate attempt by the Beeb to throw away really valuable content for free

FRI 09 MAY 2008 |Featured in: News

High Definition Freesat makes debut in UK

Freesat, the brand new digital satellite service that is bound to make Sky and other media companies quake in their boots, has been launched today

TUE 06 MAY 2008 |Featured in: News

BBC gets Virgin Media on iPlayer TV Platform bandwagon

After the Nintendo Wii and the iPhone, BBC has bagged yet another partner for its popular iPlayer Video on Demand platform; Virgin Media has agreed to distribute the service to its 3.5 million customers for free

WED 30 APRIL 2008 |Featured in: News

Sky's Murdoch criticises iPlayer, sees it as potent threat

Observers will find it particularly interesting to hear that James Murdoch, apparent heir to Media Magnate, Rubert Murdoch, openly criticised BBC's iPlayer, saying that it has distorting the competitive landscape

MON 28 APRIL 2008 |Featured in: News

BBC gets backing of Ofcom against ISPs over streamed video

Whether or not you believe Doom Sayers; video over the web is the next big thing and if left to its own devices, it may cause more than a few issues

FRI 25 APRIL 2008 |Featured in: News

BBC shows interest in iPlayer PS3 Hacker project

Anthony Rose, BBC's Head of Digital Media Technology, Future Media & Technology, wrote on the BBC Internet blog that he has been impressed by the amount of job that someone who single-handed managed to make the iPlayer compatible with the PS3 gaming console

WED 16 APRIL 2008 |Featured in: News

Playstation 3 owner cracks BBC iPlayer access

A few hours after BBC announced that the Nintendo Wii console would now be iPlayer compatible, someone did the same for the PS3 platform

MON 14 APRIL 2008 |Featured in: News

BBC squares up with ISPs over iPlayer; unlimited broadband to vanish?

The iPlayer has been hugely popular with internet users and has been one of the major highlights of the Beeb this year; but ISPs have been quick to respond to this popularity and pointed out that they were losing money

THU 03 APRIL 2008 |Featured in: News

BBC reacts quick to close loophole in streaming iPlayer service

The BBC has fixed a loophole to prevent people from downloading programmes from its popular iPlayer website through an iPhone or an iPod

FRI 14 MARCH 2008 |Featured in: News

Kiss goodbye to high-speed public WiFi services

I was quite pleased to hear that the BBC - fresh from launching its iPlayer TV program streaming service the other month - has started beta testing the iPlayer for the Apple iPhone and iTouch.

MON 10 MARCH 2008 |Featured in: News