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Make a great sounding recording booth on the cheap [video tutorial]

Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 - by Piers Gibbon - 1 Comment

If you make music at home or you want to put a voiceover onto your Youtube video you’ll know that recording the human voice in a normal room can sound …

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audio / broadcasting / web

Silence inane BBC DJ blather with Britify Spotify playlists

Monday, Sep 12, 2011Monday, Sep 12, 2011 - by mike s - 1 Comment

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, …

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broadcasting / mobiles

Global BBC iPlayer iPad app offers Beeb content across Europe

Thursday, Jul 28, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

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 …

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broadcasting / web

TVCatchup buckles under the football strain

Wednesday, Feb 16, 2011Wednesday, Feb 16, 2011 - by mike s

Possibly put under extra-strain from viewers logging on to watch the enthralling Arsenal vs Barcelona football game on ITV, but our favourite TV streaming service, TVCatchup, was wobblier than Grobbelaar’s …

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audio / broadcasting / hardware / portable

Olympus LS-5 voice recorder promises pocket-sized hi-fi

Wednesday, Aug 18, 2010Wednesday, Aug 18, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher - 1 Comment

Only spotty intern reporters from the Lower Grimthrope Weekly Gazette still use tape recorders for interviews because digital is where it’s at baby- and to underscore that point, Olympus have …

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broadcasting / iPhone / mobiles / video / web

YouTube Mobile gets faster, updated website, improves on iPhone app

Thursday, Jul 8, 2010Wednesday, Jul 7, 2010 - by mike s

With record numbers of consumers accessing YouTube via mobile devices – traffic was up 160% in 2009 over the previous year – an updated version of YouTube Mobile is currently …

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broadcasting / photography / video / web

YouTube wants your videos for ‘Life in a Day’ movie produced by Ridley Scott

Wednesday, Jul 7, 2010 - by mike s

YouTube has launched an interesting new project called “Life in a Day,” which intends to document one day as seen through the eyes of movie makers, camcorder warriors and mobile …

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broadcasting / Google / web

Google TV explained for the baffled and befuddled [video]

Monday, Jun 21, 2010Sunday, Jun 20, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

A lot of people liked the idea of Google TV when it was announced last month, but we suspect we weren’t alone in not entirely ‘getting’ it.

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audio / broadcasting / portable

Zoom H1 offers high quality audio recordings for just £89

Thursday, Jun 3, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

With a hugely competitive price to tempt amateur bloggers, struggling musos, journos and even those odd people who like to go around recording random things, the Zoom H1 offers professional quality …

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broadcasting / web

BBC iPlayer offers Twitter and Facebook integration

Wednesday, May 26, 2010Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - by Pete Railton

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.

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broadcasting

Wales becomes the UK’s first digital nation. Says ‘hwyl’ to analogue

Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 - by mike s

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 …

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broadcasting / video

Philips launches HDT8520 Freeview HD PVR and DTR5520 HD receiver

Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Just in time for the World Cup – and the inevitable English disappointment – Philips will be wheeling out two new Freeview HD set-top boxes, snappily named the Philips HDT8520 …

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Sky 3DTV launches in April – beery football fans get early look

Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

Football fans who like to mix up their three favourite passions: the beautiful game, beer and the pub; are going to be in for a treat this Sunday, with Sky …

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broadcasting

Goodbye Teletext, the football fans friend

Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Older viewers will recall the thrill of watching football scores slowly update onscreen via Teletext, or perhaps remember basking in the glory of its uber-blocky pixellated renditions of maps and …

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broadcasting

Hook up Humax Freesat with your BBC iPlayer: video

Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

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 …

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