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Saving the telly
At the FT’s digital media and broadcasting conference in London yesterday, it was pretty clear which players are in the driving seat as the British television world gets turned upside down. The BBC,...
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UK’s Project Canvas opens up as YouView
YouView is finally open. The BBC-led internet-TV consortium, formerly known as Project Canvas, is open for business, open to all comers, and open-ended in its ambition. That’s not a quote from Richard...
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Erik Huggers on changing the BBC
The BBC announced on Monday that it would reduce its online budget by a quarter, resulting in more than 300 job losses. As well as responding to ongoing pressure from commercial rivals, behind the...
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Mark Thompson, BBC director general, talks to Ben Fenton, the FT's chief media correspondent, about why we have over-estimated the speed of change in television consumption. Continue reading »
View ArticleBBC push to widen appeal of iPlayer
The BBC is making a fresh push to take its iPlayer service from the computer on to television screens in an attempt to widen the appeal of the online video service. With a rising number of games...
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The BBC reboots its homepage
The BBC today unveils a new homepage, as one of the UK’s most popular websites begins a ground-up redesign.Continue reading »
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Google investigated over bogus ads
Tech news from around the web: Google is profiting from illegal advertisements on its search engine, even though it takes them down, alleged a report published on the BBC website on Tuesday.Continue...
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BBC says Iranian hackers targeted its Persian service
Last month Mark Thompson, the BBC’s director-general, pointed the finger at the Iranian authorities for allegedly intimidating employees at its Persian service. Now the corporation’s chief is taking...
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BBC unveils new internet TV vision
The BBC’s iPlayer is arguably the most successful effort by a broadcaster to embrace the internet age, so when the market leader talks about a next-generation version, the industry ought to sit up and...
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Can the iPlayer become the BBC’s “front door”?
The BBC thinks its iPlayer service is “the best online television service in the world” – a platform so good that it’s the envy of Silicon Valley. So will Apple and Google be impressed by the...
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