There’s been versions of the BBC iPlayer knocking about for iPads and Android smartphones for ages, so this dedicated iPhone version is well overdue.
The iPlayer for iPhone app is compatible with the iPod touch, iPhone 3GS, 4 and 4S handsets running iOS4.3 and above, and serves up all of the BBC’s national television channels and radio networks.
Anyone visiting the BBC’s homepage today will be in for a bit of a shock, with the familiar interface being completely transformed, courtesy of a hefty, tablet-friendly makeover.
If, like us, you love the music they play on BBC Radio 6 Music but can’t bear the incessant, irrelevant blather generated by some of their ’personality’ DJs like Lauren “Tweet Me” Laverne, salvation is at hand.
The BBC is extending the reach of its fabulous iPlayer service, with Apple iPad users in 11 other countries across Europe able to soak up the glory of the Beeb – but at a price.
The BBC is to conduct a major survey to chart the availability of 3G and 2G services across the UK over the next month.
It’s long overdue, but the folks at the BBC have finally got around to spreading the love Android’s way with the release of their BBC News for Android app.
The day after a “faulty switch” sent the entire BBC website empire off air for an hour, a shouty row has broken out between the corporation and Siemens, its IT contractor.
This is such a rare occurrence that eyebrows tend to raise whenever it happens, with a few alarmist explanations and daft conspiracy theories usually quickly lobbed in the mix via Twitter.
The BBC has launched a beta version of its popular iPlayer showing off new features like the ability to share favourite programmes via social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.
When they’re not busy fighting battalions of Russian hooligans in far-flung car parks, the Welsh will soon be enjoying their new status as the UK’s first digital TV nation.
The country’s switchover from analogue to digital began in Swansea last August, with the city becoming the first fully digital city in the country.
The BBC has teamed up with the bods at Facebook, Bebo and Twitter to add social networking options in the next update to their excellent iPlayer, which allows viewers to watch BBC programmes online after they have been broadcast.
Perhaps they’ve been so busy blasting out business missives that they haven’t realised what they’ve been missing out on, but BlackBerry users can now get the BBC iPlayer on their mobiles
The new iPlayer on BlackBerry does exactly what it says on the tin, and streams video-on-demand from the BBC’s new BlackBerry-optimised BBC iPlayer page.
Humax Freesat have just served up a short video showing its users how they can grab a chunk of BBC iPlayer goodness through their Freesat equipment.
The beta update should be available to the majority of suitably equipped users in time for Christmas, with the full release rolled out to all existing freesat HDTV’s and boxes in the next few months.
The BBC has teamed up with gaming giants Nintendo to launch a new and improved version of the iPlayer catch-up service for the Nintendo Wii gaming console.
Following the launch of the iPlayer for the Playstation network in September, the new version improves on the frankly rubbish original which we found so clunky that we quickly abandoned it.
The new iPlayer channel will be available to download from November 18, and the BBC are hoping that it will prove a hit among the one million Wii users in the UK.
Last night we reported on a major outage that saw the entire BBC website – news, radio, features, sport – the whole caboodle – going down for several hours.
Some users reported a general ‘wobble’ across the internet around 1.45am, with the BBC site disappearing completely around 2am and staying offline till past 3.30am.
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