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The Doctor Who special to be shown on New Year's Day - 1 January 2021 - will also be available in 4K HDR on BBC iPlayer.

The BBC is trialling its own group watch feature that will enable families and friends to view the broadcaster's shows this Christmas.

The app hadn't worked since the consoles' launch, but is now available.

The BBC is undergoing major change in the way it commissions new TV shows.

BritBox is a subscription streaming service from the BBC and ITV and is available to try for free for 30 days.

Some television sets are so iconic that you can recognise them instantly, while others might not stand out so much but still do their job perfectly.

THe BBC is expanding its Sounds digital radio platform, with a dedicated app for smart TVs and TV set-top-boxes.

The BBC has today announced a sweeping range of changes to its services designed to support, educate and inform during coronavirus lockdown

The long awaited return of satirical puppet show Spitting Image has been announced. It will be back on UK screens from this coming autumn.

The Six Nations is set to kick-off and once again England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales will contest the Championship Trophy during

The BBC has suspended the closure of its Red Button text services after petition.

The BBC has greatly expanded the amount of complete box sets available on BBC iPlayer.

BritBox, the new paid streaming service from the BBC and ITV, has launched in the UK.

BBC has a new natural history series, called Seven Worlds One Planet with Sir David Attenborough, airing live on BBC One as well as live and on-demand

ITV and the BBC are pressing ahead with a joint catchup TV service - but while it'll be available for UK users at £5.99 a month, most UK viewers won't

The BBC, Sky and Virgin Media are showing matches at this year's Wimbledon tennis tournament in 4K. Some will be in HDR and here's how to watch them.

The BBC is showing the Manchester City v Watford final of the FA Cup in 4K HDR.

The BBC is has finished its public consultation period and has submitted its plans for significant changes to iPlayer to Ofcom.

Doctor Who fans will soon be able to take a trip inside Jodie Whittaker's Tardis, thanks to an upcoming VR short film from the BBC.

The BBC will show its latest natural history series, Dynasties, in Ultra HD and HDR on BBC iPlayer.

The BBC is celebrating the fact that two million micro:bit computers are now in the hands of school kids around the world.

The BBC's live Ultra HD trials during the World Cup were excellent in picture quality terms, especially with the inclusion of HLG (HDR) technology, bu...

The BBC has launched a new, simple way for Freeview smart TV owners to restart BBC shows from the beginning, even if they come in midway through.

Want to watch the World Cup in 4K? Well now's your chance. All the BBC's games are available on certain, 4K HDR-supporting TVs via the iPlayer app.

The BBC has made all episodes in the last 10 seasons of Doctor Who available to view for free on BBC iPlayer, including 13 specials, in the build up t...

The BBC has announced that it will host 4K HDR livestreams of all 29 of BBC One's World Cup 2018 matches on iPlayer.It will show them as part of its l...

Over the weekend, the BBC successfully broadcast a live sporting event in 4K HDR in order to trial the feasibility of doing so for the Russia World Cu...

BBC iPlayer now requires you to sign in to watch programmes. But why? Here's everything you need to know about the new BBC iPlayer sign-in, including

The BBC has released Blue Planet II on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, so those with 4K HDR TVs that aren't HLG enabled can get the very best pictures at home.A ...

The BBC has released its first full series in 4K Ultra HD and with HLG (HDR) wider colours and contrast too.The entire seven-episode series of Blue Pl...

The BBC has announced it will be bringing back a bucketload of box sets back to the iPlayer from 16 December, just in time for the holiday period, so ...

BBC has launched its interactive radio story for Amazon Echo.The broadcasting company, well-known for its radio plays, recently announced a new projec...

The BBC has announced that it plans to broadcast an extra 1,000 hours of sport a year via its online channels such as the BBC Sport website and BBC iP...

Edinburgh Festival 2017 is in full swing and from today you can watch some of the shows live online.The BBC is streaming several acts that appear in i...

The BBC has partnered with Microsoft to develop a new concept to sign into digital services, and ultimately control your TV viewing.Just as how we use

The BBC is set to announce £34 million worth of new incentives in order to win back kids from streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Video.Falling

The BBC is closing its online digital content store, BBC Store, on 1 November 2017, just two-years after its launch. It is also shutting the cloud con...

The BBC will be airing an episode of Doctor Who this coming weekend that features an amazing binaural soundtrack. That means that those who view it wh...

BBC Worldwide decided that Planet Earth II would be its first 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release and for good reason. It was originally shot and rendered in

Taboo, starring Tom Hardy, has been one of the BBC's most talked about drama series for years and if you've missed it you're in for a treat; the entir...

BBC director general Lord Hall has said he plans to totally reinvent the BBC iPlayer by 2020 to increase its reach and become a "must-visit destinatio...

The BBC has started its first ever consumer trial of 4K content, offering a four-minute clip of Planet Earth 2 in Ultra HD through its free streaming ...

The BBC said toward the end of 2015 that it would launch a video streaming service exclusively for the US. Today, the BBC has confirmed the service wi...

The BBC is streaming a clip in Ultra HD and HDR on BBC iPlayer, allowing you to watch a small section of Planet Earth II in the highest quality ever.T...

The BBC has confirmed that users of BBC iPlayer will be required to log into the service using their BBC iD accounts from early 2017.For many years, t...

The BBC has often been at the forefront of new broadcast technologies, trialling 3D, virtual reality and 4K programming long before many others.All th...

After huge success with its last collection of games for pre-schoolers, the BBC has launched a second CBeebies Playtime app for iOS, Android and Amazo...

The BBC will shortly roll out Live Restart to its BBC iPlayer mobile and tablet applications, bringing them in line with the TV and set-top-box versio...

The Rio 2016 Olympics are finally upon us and we can look forward to more than two weeks of action across a vast array of sports.The Opening and Closi...

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