Tag: BBC
BBC takes on Netflix with over 100 iPlayer Box Sets announced for Christmas
Andrew Davies’s classics from Pride And Prejudice to the original House Of Cards are returning for Christmas as the BBC announces its iPlayer Box Sets. The broadcaster is once again placing a raft of box sets and classic episodes on its iPlayer over Christmas – as part of plans to compete against giants such as…
People Just Do Nothing cast ‘kidnap viewers’ in BBC’s first-ever comedy VR short
Viewers are promised an up close and personal encounter with the Kurupt FM crew, as the cast of hit comedy series People Just Do Nothing 'kidnap them' in the BBC’s first-ever comedy virtual reality film. The five-minute VR film imagines the viewer as a record company boss that has been kidnapped by the crew of…
BBC launches first ever arcade game, Doctor Who Time Vortex 360
Doctor Who fans can pilot the TARDIS as it careers through the depths of the space time vortex in the BBC’s first ever 360 arcade game, Doctor Who Time Vortex 360. Fans simply need to visit bbc.in/dw360 using their smartphone or tablet and by physically moving their mobile device through 360 degrees, they will be…
BBC micro:bit computer – free to every year 7 child in UK from October
The BBC has unveiled the micro:bit, a pocket-sized codeable computer (pictured above) with built-in motion detection, compass and Bluetooth technology, which is to be given free to every child in year 7 or equivalent across the UK from October. That's approximately 1 million units. A collaboration between 29 partners, including Lancaster University, Barclays, Samsung and The…
The BBC is making a show about the making of Grand Theft Auto
Today the BBC has announced a new initiative called "Make It Digital" which is aiming to do all sorts of worthy activities with young people to encourage them to code - including the dishing out of free Micro Bit Raspberry-Pi type devices to 12 year olds. Sounds pretty good, right? And fits in with the…
BBC publishes digitised Radio Times schedules going back to the 1920s
Warning: By reading this post, you're at serious risk of following a link that will swallow the rest of your day. The BBC has today launched a new tool to search and browse old TV schedules - so now you can go back and relive your youth, by remembering all of those hours wasted watching…
Ceefax would have been 40 today! Write BBC League Cup report to celebrate
Long before the days of the internet and email the only way you could get information quickly was via Ceefax. It used part of the analogue TV signal to transmit its pixellated stories directly to your TV screen in an age well before home computers and when the only electronic game was Pong - a…
Was the BBC hit by a DDoS attack?
It appears that the disruptions caused to the BBC's iPlayer and website last weekend were possibly due to a DDoS attack. The iPlayer service was out of action over most of the weekend because of problems with the database behind the catch-up service. The faults also meant that only a simplified version of the BBC's…
BBC technical problems affect iPlayer and homepage
TV viewers were unable to watch or listen to their favourite BBC shows online for more than 24 hours over the weekend, when the corporation's TV and radio iPlayer service was hit by technical issues. The gremlins also got into the BBC website's front page. An error message on the page reads: "Due to technical…
Commonwealth Games to be broadcast in 4K UHD – but will you get to see it?
The BBC has announced it is to trial the upcoming Glasgow Commonwealth games in Ultra High Definition as part of its coverage of the prestigious event. There is one caveat, however. If you want to watch in 4K, you'll have…