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Doctor Who Will Be Redesigned by Eidos

Eidos would rather be associated with games where blood and violence are the main characters, while controversy is not completely out of question. However, it seems that every now and then they decide to create a game that is completely safe for kids and, overall, promises to bring to life a great and fun experience....

7 May 2008
17:06 GMT

ITV Sticks its 'Cold Feet' in iTunes UK

Following recent reports that British BBC viewers would be able to download a selection of programs straight from Apple's digital store, Apple is announcing that ITV programmes are now available on iTunes UK. Users will be able to download complete series of classic ITV shows such as "Cold Feet", "Brideshead Rev...

23 April 2008
17:06 GMT

UK - iPhone Users Get iPlayer Beta

In what is undoubtedly a well planned move on behalf of the BBC, iPhone users are being offered a beta for the BBC iPlayer application. TUAW reports that a limited selection of shows from the iPlayer has already been made available to UK iPhone owners, while this has nothing to do with the release of the SDK, nor was...

7 March 2008
09:46 GMT

UK iTunes Users to Buy BBC Shows

A recent Reuters report reveals that British BBC viewers will be able to download a selection of programs straight from Apple's digital store iTunes, as the two companies have struck a deal. The agreement was announced on Tuesday by the public broadcaster's commercial arm, according to Yahoo News.Programs l...

19 February 2008
09:45 GMT

BBC: iPlayer Confirmed for Macs, Launches This Year

Sources on the Internet have revealed that the Mac version of BBC iPlayer will be launched this year. The new application will enable Mac users not only to stream, but also to download TV content from the Internet, and watch it at their leisure. BBC found that the iPlayer was having a significant effect on the web TV...

8 February 2008
08:30 GMT

MySpaceTV Adds BBC Video to Service

Facebook must have spooked shivers down MySpace's spine. From the outside, it looks like the biggest (still) social network in the world is trying to expand into all directions at once. It just opened offices in Russia and a homepage for the community there, a similar course of action is coming in Turkey (MySpac...

24 January 2008
09:38 GMT

British Conservatism and Seriousness Pay Off, BBC Says

Whenever I hear "British" - the word - being mentioned, I instantly imagine a Londoner wearing a black pot hat and a black trench coat, with an eyeglass looking superior and snorting with discontent. That seems to be a big seller for everything that's made by or certified by Brits, as the figures from comScore s...

22 January 2008
08:26 GMT

iPlayer Demand Rocketing Through the Roof

Almost 160 thousand downloads per day on average were recorded by the BBC site ever since it launched its video-on-demand service on Christmas day. Doing the math (22 days multiplied by 160 thousand downloads makes.. I need a calculator for this one… there it is, more than 3.5 million) you'll see that it was wil...

16 January 2008
03:16 GMT

Kate Moss' Deepest Darkest Secrets Exposed

I'm really curious what more we can learn about Kate Moss except the horde of things we already know - and I mean bad, ugly, compromising things. But apparently, there is a lot more to the crack-loving British supermodel, otherwise I can't explain why she's so desperate to gag her ex boyfriend's a...

20 December 2007
10:55 GMT

BBC with a New Look

The BBC website was officially launched 10 years ago and it has been the address to go to for the top news from the most reliable sources ever since. The facelift that they are trying to go through at the moment is not the first attempt at it, there was also a "myBBC" feature that resembled the concept behind the be...

18 December 2007
06:31 GMT

BBC Worldwide Brings TV Shows to O2

Mobile TV has taken a turn for the better recently. Watching the favorite programs the mobile way has really proved to be highly appealing. BBC has seen the great opportunity that this solution has to offer and made a deal with O2 in order to put its programs on the devices of their subscribers.BBC Worldwide's c...

21 August 2007
09:12 GMT

YouTube Grows Up, UK On The Expansion List

The online video sharing service is currently involved in an impressive traffic increase and it will soon challenge BBC for the UK supremacy. In the recent period, YouTube got very close to the news service because the traffic of the online video service was dramatically improved especially in this country. According...

21 June 2007
09:33 GMT

Live: The Latest News on YouTube

The latest news is now available on YouTube through the videos provided by BBC World, a recent partner of the online video sharing service. According to Broadband TV News, BBC uploads approximately 30 clips per day, but the YouTube channel is not available to UK residents. The partnership was signed some time ago whe...

30 May 2007
15:31 GMT

WoW Subscribers - Hackers' Main Target

Remember the WoW account hacking? If you're a WoW player, you couldn't have missed any of the articles posting this issue. Well, as it turns out, an article posted by grimwell says that someone might have found the problem behind all the account hacking, stealing and selling even 5 year's worth items. ...

6 April 2007
07:12 GMT

BBC Plans Trial to Syndicate TV Channels over 3G

BBC has announced that it has started a trial to syndicate a range of its TV channels and radio networks in the UK, with mobile operators Orange, Vodafone and 3. The service will last up to 12 month and allow the mobile operators' subscribers to watch BBC One, BBC News 24 and BBC Three (except for some of the sp...

30 March 2007
06:15 GMT

BBC Plans an Alternative to iTunes

BBC has made public its intention of creating an iTunes & iPod alternative, to be materialized as an online media player that would be a more suitable choice for customers. This comes in a time when Apple's iTunes faces growing pressure from several European countries demanding the Cupertino-based company to ope...

7 March 2007
09:40 GMT

BBC and YouTube Recorded More than 165.000 Views

YouTube and BBC is one of the most known partnerships made by the video service after the Viacom removal, reaching an impressive number of views. The agreement between the two companies created 3 new channels to display the content provided by BBC: 2 channels especially built for entertainment content, one ad based f...

7 March 2007
06:52 GMT

YouTube Owns More Than 1000 Partnerships

YouTube is the video service acquired by Google in October 2006 for $1.6 billion, representing one of the most impressive investments ever made for an Internet company. Since the Google acquisition, YouTube was continuously brought in the spotlights because more and more companies are suing the search giant for publi...

5 March 2007
10:38 GMT

BBC Looks Forward to Using YouTube

Some days ago, rumors about a possible YouTube, BBC deal were quickly spreading on the Internet although the two companies refused to comment on them. Today, BBC confirmed the partnership and announced a content deal that will allow the company to use the videos published on YouTube. The agreement will also create 3 ...

2 March 2007
10:34 GMT




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