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Sep 27 2016
All users of the BBC’s iPlayer service will have to log in with a personal account from early 2017. Users of BBC services can already create an online account – known as a BBC ID – but this is not currently required in order to access iPlayer. From Tuesday, BBC ID holders also have to add […]
Sep 19 2016
BBC Wales is cutting its content budget and will appoint a head of commissioning to work across TV, radio and online output. BBC Wales, which produces Doctor Who and the Doctor Who spin-off Class, is aiming to save £9m (US$12m) a year by 2022. BBC Wales said the changes would see it accelerate development of […]
Sep 12 2016
The BBC has lost its deal to broadcast The Great British Bake Off, the makers of the international hit have confirmed. Love Productions said talks with the BBC had been taking place for a year, with a last-ditch meeting on Monday. They were reported as saying the issues were both money and the development of […]
Sep 9 2016
An early version of the iPlayer app (MHEG) on connected TV devices will be closing on 29 Sept 2016. This version of iPlayer is on a very small number of TV’s and set-top boxes which are not able to use our current version of the TV app. This is mainly Freesat devices without the Freetime […]
Sep 3 2016
The law has changed: From 1 September 2016 you now need a TV Licence to watch or download BBC programmes on demand, as well as live on BBC iPlayer. The rules only apply to iPlayer, so you do not need a TV licence if you only ever watch on-demand or catch-up programmes through other service […]
Sep 2 2016
Heathrow Express passengers will be kept up to date with a new BBC World News onboard service, launched on September 1, which will provide one-minute news and business bulletins on the 15-minute journey to and from Heathrow and Paddington. The bulletins will be delivered through the existing Express TV service, which are positioned on screens […]
Aug 22 2016
Commercial TV viewing on television sets was up in the in the UK in the first half of 2016 thanks in part to BBC Three’s move from linear to online, according to new research by Thinbox. The marketing body for commercial TV in the UK said that it is likely that the closure of BBC […]
Aug 12 2016
From September 1st, users of BBC’s on-demand service, iPlayer, will no longer be legally allowed to access it without a TV licence, currently paid for by some 26 million households. According to findings from research firm Ampere Analysis, this will deprive them of access to nearly 4,000 hours of on-demand content, around 75 per cent […]
Aug 9 2016
The BBC has described claims by the UK’s Daily Telegraph that the corporation will use TV detector vans capable of capturing information from private Wi-Fi networks to identify people watching iPlayer without a TV licence as being wholly “inaccurate”. The newspaper’s claims come as the BBC closes a loophole that allowed access to BBC content […]
Aug 5 2016
BBC Worldwide Poland announced two changes in the Polish team of BBC Worldwide. Zbigniew Pruski has been promoted to Head of Affiliate Sales and Michał Gilarski has been appointed Affiliate Sales Executive. Zbigniew Pruski joined BBC Worldwide in 2011 and has since looked after growing the BBC Worldwide channel business in Poland including the global […]
Aug 4 2016
The BBC has launched BBC Sport 360, an experimental service bringing Rio 2016 live and on-demand to UK audiences in 360 degree video for the first time. Armchair sports fans can get closer than ever to the Olympics action and enjoy a new perspective on a range of live sports, including the opening and closing […]
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Sep 27 2016
BBC launches TV Everywhere in Singapore
BBC Worldwide has launched BBC Player, a branded TV Everywhere service in partnership with Singaporean pay TV giant StarHub. TV Everywhere services have proved popular with channels and operators in the US in particular, and allow authenticated pay TV subs to stream channels from their pay TV bundle. The branded BBC Player, which is now […]
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By Expat • BBC, Singapore • Tags: BBC Player, StarHub, TV Everywhere