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No BBC iPlayer for Xbox 360 Dashboard update

No BBC iPlayer for Xbox 360 Dashboard update

NEWS EXCLUSIVE: Delayed until 2012
The Xbox 360 Dashboard update hits tomorrow (6 December), but while it comes with plenty of new features and applications for content providers, including 4OD and Demand 5, the much-touted BBC iPlayer won't be one of them. Yet. Pocket-lint has been told, …
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  • Sky Anytime+ soon to be open to customers on other ISPs - and BBC iPlayer inbound too

    Sky Anytime+ soon to be open to customers on other ISPs - BBC iPlayer inbound too

    For Sky+ and Sky+HD users 30 January 2012 10:46 GMT

    Sky and the BBC have announced a partnership to bring iPlayer to Sky Anytime+, which is available on Sky+HD and the latest black Sky+ boxes.

    In addition, Sky will be relaxing its rules on who can access Sky Anytime+, allowing subscribers to...

  • BBC News for Android tablets finally begins broadcasting. Apps, Android apps, BBC 0

    BBC News for Android tablets finally begins broadcasting

    Big screen app Auntie action 26 January 2012 16:46 GMT

    The BBC has announced that its popular BBC News app is now available on Android tablets.

    The app, which launched for smaller sized Android handsets back in May last year, is on offer for tablets sized 7.2 inches and above, running Android 3.0+....

  • iPad and Skype come to BBC Cricket Test Match Special's rescue

    iPad and Skype come to BBC Cricket Test Match Special's rescue

    Boycott and co take the new ball 19 January 2012 12:34 GMT

    England has taken a battering in the first test match against Pakistan over in Dubai. But it isn't just Andrew Strauss and the team who are under pressure, the broadcasting circuits in the media centre at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium and...

  • Sherlock sets new record for BBC iPlayer  . Online, BBC, iPlayer, Sherlock, On-demand, ITV Player 0

    Sherlock sets new record for BBC iPlayer

    4.3m visits on 2 Jan 8 January 2012 11:44 GMT

    BBC One drama Sherlock has become the most watched show on the BBC iPlayer according to Hitwise, a data analysis company that specialises in monitoring the web.

    According to the company, 4.3m Brits visited the BBC iPlayer site on the 2 January...

  • Lovefilm strikes ITV and BBC deals. Lovefilm, ITV, BBC, Online, Home Cinema, Amazon 0

    Lovefilm strikes ITV and BBC deals

    Watch Spooks and Morse online 6 January 2012 11:10 GMT

    Lovefilm has announced two new deals to add additional content to its Lovefilm Instant service. Deals with ITV and BBC Worldwide will enable customers to access shows from both channels via the Lovefilm service. 

    Subscribers to Lovefilm can...

  • Doctor Who: Worlds in Time pictures and hands-on

    Doctor Who: Worlds in Time pictures and hands-on

    HANDS-ON Free MMO Timelord style 20 December 2011 16:00 GMT

    Just as Star Wars: The Old Republic, a massive multiplayer online game of one hugely popular sci-fi franchise launches, another hits the 'net. And this one is free to play.

    Doctor Who: Worlds in Time is BBC Worldwide's first MMO featuring the...

  • Netflix signs up BBC for UK launch. Home Cinema, Video on demand, Netflix, BBC 0

    Netflix signs up BBC for UK launch

    Auntie on board for streaming fun 20 December 2011 11:03 GMT

    Netflix has snapped up a digital licensing agreement with BBC Worldwide ahead of its arrival in the United Kingdom and Ireland, meaning access to the wealth of Beeb goodies.

    The deal means shows such as Spooks, Little Britain, Torchwood and...

  • BBC Red Button enhanced sports app kicks off on Virgin Media. Home Cinema, BBC, Red button, Virgin Media, Virgin Media TV powered by TiVo 0

    BBC Red Button enhanced sports app kicks off on Virgin Media

    New balls for TiVo in 2012 19 December 2011 10:45 GMT

    The BBC has teamed up with Virgin Media to announce that a new, enhanced and sporty Red Button service will be landing on the cable giant's TiVo platform next year.

    The BBC Sport app will hit the clever set-top box in 2012, along with the BBC...

  • BBC iPlayer iPhone app finally arrives

    BBC iPlayer iPhone app finally arrives

    Along with 3G streaming too 12 December 2011 12:43 GMT

    It has been a long time coming but, at last, you can get rid of that BBC iPlayer icon that is cunningly disguised as an app on your iPhone's homescreen - the BBC iPlayer iPhone app has finally gone live in the Apple App Store.

    The launch comes...

  • BBC broadcasting 3D Strictly Come Dancing. Home Cinema, BBC, 3D, BBC iplayer 0

    BBC broadcasting 3D Strictly Come Dancing

    3D fun for the iPlayer too 9 December 2011 11:45 GMT

    The BBC is to enter the third dimension once again, following the successful 3D trial that took place during the Wimbledon tennis Championships back in June.

    Only there are no ball bags in sight this time (Robbie Savage was voted off last week)...

  • No BBC iPlayer for Xbox 360 Dashboard update

    No BBC iPlayer for Xbox 360 Dashboard update

    EXCLUSIVE: Delayed until 2012 5 December 2011 5:01 GMT

    The Xbox 360 Dashboard update hits tomorrow (6 December), but while it comes with plenty of new features and applications for content providers, including 4OD and Demand 5, the much-touted BBC iPlayer won't be one of them. Yet.

    Pocket-lint...

  • BBC iPlayer finally streams into North America. Home Cinema, Streaming, Video on demand, BBC, BBC iplayer 0

    BBC iPlayer finally streams into North America

    Canada though, not US yet 1 December 2011 15:16 GMT

    The BBC iPlayer has finally crossed the Atlantic and can now be accessed on our North American cousins' iPads using the International BBC iPlayer iPad.

    Unfortunatley for our Stateside readers, we're referring to Canada here - and not the US...

  • BBC homepage drops beta tag, goes live to the masses. Online, BBC, BBC Online 0

    BBC homepage drops beta tag, goes live to the masses

    Redesign hits the front page 30 November 2011 14:23 GMT

    The new BBC homepage, that appeared in beta from back in September, has gone live for real and is displayed in all of its glory to everyone (in the UK, at least) visiting Auntie's website.

    "Results from the beta test site indicate that the...

  • BBC HD canned, returns as BBC Two HD. Television, BBC, BBC HD 0

    BBC HD canned, returns as BBC Two HD

    Major public consultation 6 October 2011 12:38 GMT

    The BBC is likely to close the BBC HD channel and replace it with a high definition version of BBC Two. 

    The BBC HD channel is well known for its pioneering of HD broadcasts in the UK, including things like Planet Earth and the Wimbledon Tennis...

  • BBC keen to play with, not against, social networks

    BBC keen to play with, not against, social networks

    Still no friendly plans from the Beeb 21 September 2011 13:16 GMT

    At a briefing at its west London HQ to announce the new BBC homepage Ian Hunter, managing editor of BBC Online, was keen to stress that, although the homepage had social aspects to it and that the BBC's website offered numerous sharing tools, the corporation...

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