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Sherlock sets new record for BBC iPlayer
4.3m visits on 2 Jan 8 January 2012 11:44 GMT TweetBBC 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...
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No BBC iPlayer for Xbox 360 Dashboard update
EXCLUSIVE: Delayed until 2012 5 December 2011 5:01 GMT TweetThe 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...
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BBC upgrades iPlayer for your TV, PS3 users first to get it
Designed for the living room 8 August 2011 0:01 GMT TweetThe BBC has announced the launch of a brand new version of its, now famed, BBC iPlayer which has been redesigned specifically for your TV.
In the past, use of the iPlayer on the television, often through the PlayStation 3 or a connected TV,...
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International BBC iPlayer iPad app to hit App Store
In 11 Euro countries...US coming soon 28 July 2011 9:34 GMT TweetThe international version of the BBC iPlayer has finally landed, via a dedicated iPad app, ending months of speculation as to what exactly the global platform of the hugely successful video on demand platform may entail.
Back in December last...
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BlackBerry PlayBook BBC News and iPlayer apps go live....sort of
Web app icons now available 19 July 2011 14:08 GMT TweetBlackBerry PlayBook users are in for a double dose of BBC app action as the corporation has announced that its News and iPlayer apps are now available.....in a way.
You see, these aren't dedicated QNX apps but simply icons, or shortcuts, to...
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BBC iPlayer begins broadcast on BT Vision
That's a whole lot of Bs 22 June 2011 12:38 GMT TweetBT has completed the terrestrial television VOD full set with the launch of the BBC iPlayer on BT Vision.
The popular video-on-demand service can now be found, along with the ITV Net Player, 4oD and Demand 5 in the TV Replay platform of the...
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BBC focused on dual screen iPad experience
EXCLUSIVE: Future media boss details iPad navigation for iPlayer 17 June 2011 14:34 GMT TweetThe BBC's director of future media has told Pocket-lint that the corporation is working on an iPad navigation platform for its online content.
Sitting down for a one on one with us at the BAFTA HQ in London after formally launching the BBC...
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Sony KDL-32CX523 review
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Old panel, new tricks
3 May 2011 9:00 GMT
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Sony is back with one of its first offerings for 2011, and it’s a budget belter. Lacking any kind of upmarket panel tech, you’ll have to make do with regular LCD (no sign of any LED backlighting here), but elsewhere there are plenty of...
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Digital Stream DPS-1000 review
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A poor man’s Apple TV?
13 April 2011 10:19 GMT
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Lovefilm is on a charge. Having eclipsed its mail order competition and spent a year streaming its wares to games consoles and every web-connected TV going, the movie monster has joined yet another platform.
Lovefilm’s latest appearance...
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BBC iPlayer introduces Partner Linking
Share and share alike 17 February 2011 16:28 GMT TweetFirst announced back in May 2010, the BBC has finally gone live with its Partner Linking within the iPlayer, meaning that you'll be able to search for loads more online video on demand content using the platform, not just programmes shown on the Beeb.
Six...
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iPad and Android BBC iPlayer apps enjoy bumper launches
Big numbers for the new VOD apps 14 February 2011 0:01 GMT TweetThe BBC has revealed that the iPad iPlayer app was downloaded 54,511 times in the first 24 hours from the App Store.
The Beeb also stated that, on the first day of the new iOS and Android platforms (Thursday 10 February) 50 per cent of all...
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BBC iPlayer app live in Android Market
Joins the iPad version 10 February 2011 11:08 GMT TweetYou may have read our brilliant iPad BBC iPlayer hands on, and thought to yourself, "if only there was a version for my Android device". Well dear readers, there is - and it's in the Android Market now.
Just like its Apple-based cousin the...
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BBC iPlayer for iPad hands-on
HANDS-ON We check out the new app from the BBC 10 February 2011 1:43 GMT TweetHaving broken the news earlier that the BBC would be launching a BBC iPlayer for iPad app this week, it’s only fitting that Pocket-lint is one of the first sites to bring you a hands-on experience of the new application, now that it’s available to...
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BBC iPlayer Android app to land this week
Alongside its iPad cousin 8 February 2011 17:29 GMT TweetWe told you earlier how a loose-lipped BBC interactive operations manager had spilled the beans regarding a 10 February release for the native iPad iPlayer app, and now Daniel Danker, the Beeb's GM of on-demand, has confirmed that an Android version...
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BBC iPlayer records big Christmas boom
Record breaking month for the VOD service 18 January 2011 12:35 GMT TweetThe BBC is well and truly in the video-on-demand business now, and it seems that business is a boomin'.
The BBC iPlayer monthly performance pack has just been released and shows how Auntie cleaned up at Christmas, breaking records left, right...
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