Has your favorite BBC program been off the air for 81 years? You’re in luck
One of the truly great strengths of the Internet is its ability to be a repository for nearly everything. The BBC is the latest to make a deposit with its plan to puts its entire archive of television and radio shows online, according to The Guardian. It will create a page for every single episode, of every single program that has aired on the channel — for the past 81 years!
This radio and television archive… Continue Reading
Nintendo slowly making the Wii an entertainment hub?
Both Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s Playstation 3 have well-known aspirations to be the digital entertainment hubs in your living room. This means offering not only video games, but a wide spectrum of entertainment such as movies and television shows. Nintendo has thus far stayed out of that arena to focus on the games, but with news of the BBC’s iPlayer media channel launching today on the Wii in the UK, that appears to be… Continue Reading
Only in America? Online video surging on the other side of the pond
Online video traffic in the UK is up 178 percent over the past year, new Hitwise data shows. With headlines trumpeting the rise of online video stateside, it’s easy to overlook the effect it is having in other parts of the world as well.
Not surprisingly, the most popular video site in the UK is YouTube. With a market share over 55 percent, the site is actually more dominant in the UK than it is in… Continue Reading
UK internet providers want to charge BBC for internet TV
Internet service providers in the United Kingdom are saying they may restrict customers’ access to the BBC’s iPlayer, the broadcaster’s new online television service, due to the higher cost of sending video over the web.
iPlayer, launched as a beta on July 27, lets you download BBC television programs from the last seven days for free.
UK service providers, such as BT and Tiscali, say the government-funded BBC should help pay for the costs directly.
ISPs in the… Continue Reading