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BBC iPlayer app for iPhone and iPad to be released in February

by Matt Tinsley (Jan 28th, 2011)

Paid Content:UK is reporting that the long-awaited BBC iPlayer app for iPhone and iPad is due to be released at some point late in February, almost a year after the app was first announced. It's expected the app will arrive on the heels of the departure of the BBC's future media and technology ...

BBC to launch subscription iPad player in the US

by Dave Caolo (Dec 1st, 2010)

The BBC's iPlayer was made Mac compatible in 2008. Now, The Financial Times (FT) is reporting (subscription required) that the network intends to make the on-demand service available to iPads, using a subscription model. Don't hold your breath while you wait, however. BBC Worldwide said that this ...

BBC iPhone apps on hold, maybe forever

by Mel Martin (Mar 29th, 2010)

Th British Broadcasting Corporation was expected to launch several iPhone apps with news and sports content in April but the apps are going to be a no-show. Today, the BBC reports that the BBC Trust, which governs the 'Beeb,' has asked the broadcaster to postpone any plans for the apps while the ...

Found Footage: Say hello to ePad

by Mike Schramm (Mar 6th, 2010)

Apple is definitely one of the world's most admired companies, but their lofty ambitions, high visibility, and easy-to-identify style also makes them ripe for parody, as in this very funny video by the UK's E4. They're boasting about a madeup device called the ePad, which will wow you with its ...

Scammers exploit Apple iPad fever

by Mike Schramm (Feb 1st, 2010)

And now we're at the point in the iPad cycle where there's just enough information out there about it that people are interested, but not enough that they can discern credible information from scammers. That's the report of the BBC, which says that "hi-tech" scammers are using iPad-based searches to ...

BBC iPlayer finally available for Mac, Linux

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Dec 18th, 2008)

In October 2007, the BBC said that the iPlayer would be available for Macs and Linux by the end of the 2007. Two weeks shy of the end of 2008, the BBC finally delivers. Maybe their developers accidentally took a trip in the TARDIS. Using Adobe AIR technology, the BBC has developed a version of the ...

Experimental BBC Radio widget released, works with Radio Pop

by Giles Turnbull (Sep 4th, 2008)

You may already use one of several different Dashboard widgets for listening to BBC radio programmes over the net; but the team at BBC Labs has just released a new one that offers something a bit different. It's part of a wider project called Radio Pop that turns radio listening into a social ...

Woz: How it all began

by Robert Palmer (Jun 21st, 2008)

Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple and inventor of the Apple I and II, talks with the BBC about starting Apple in 1976. "Everything was ... thinking about the good of humanity," he said. His starting salary? $24,000 a year: maybe a quarter of what an Apple engineer makes today. For those of you new ...

BBC introduces iPhone-optimized Podcast Page

by Erica Sadun (Nov 14th, 2007)

The iPhone mobile music store doesn't serve up podcasts, so where are you gonna go for a fresh hot bowl of Auntie Beeb? Why, to the BBC itself, silly. The BBC's radio labs blog just announced a new iPhone-savvy webpage that offers simple phone and iPod touch browsing. If you're on a touch or ...

BBC iPlayer on Mac by end of year

by Mat Lu (Oct 17th, 2007)

We've covered the brouhaha over the BBC iPlayer several times. Basically the BBC is putting lots of their video content on the web, but they chose a Windows Media-based solution that was incompatible with Macs (and Linux). After an uproar from British Mac users that actually got a response from 10 ...

BBC does the right thing: will support Macs with iPlayer

by Mat Lu (Apr 18th, 2007)

A while back we posted about a bit of an uproar that arose when it seemed that the BBC was going to roll out a Windows-only online TV offering. Well the BBC suits have apparently responded to numerous complaints and today they announced that their "iPlayer [service] will be re-engineered to work ...

UK residents petition BBC to make new on-demand TV service cross-platform

by David Chartier (Feb 25th, 2007)

This one goes out to all the UK TUAW readers in the audience: apparently, the BBC is planning to launch a smashing new on-demand, online TV service. Everything sounds super-duper until the minor detail of being Windows-only. This of course ruffles more than a few feathers, especially since the BBC ...

BBC to go peer-to-peer in HD with Azureus

by Michael Rose (Dec 20th, 2006)

The Beeb is reporting that hundreds of episodes of "programmes" will be released for download via the Zudeo service, based on P2P client Azureus. The videos will be available in HD and will be DRM'ed, exact rights and pricing to be announced. This is certainly big news for fans of Brit TV who don't ...

Woz on Radio Five Live

by Scott McNulty (Oct 19th, 2006)

The Woz is out and about selling his book as hard as he can. His latest media appearance is a segment on Simon Mayo's program. It is available for download as a podcast (what isn't these days?). They start off talking about gaming and then segue (or is that Segway?) into Woz's book and his time at ...

Apple gives up on Asteroid suit

by Scott McNulty (Jul 14th, 2006)

Remember that rumored Firewire breakout box (codename: Asteroid) for Garageband that was leaked to a few websites? You know, the one that Apple decided was important enough to sue said bloggers to find out who their sources were? Ahh, I thought you would. Apple won the first ruling which would have ...