Tag: iplayer

BBC Trust decide BBC’s mobile iPlayer was not biased because it focused on iOS

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The internal inquiry say everything okay, and blames it all on Android fragmentation. While the BBC must do all that is reasonably practicable to ensure that viewers can access its on-demand content in a range of convenient and cost-effective ways, this did not necessarily mean that it would always be expected to launch new features on different platforms simultaneously. Nothing to see here, carry on, please stop pestering our mobile developers who can’t handle the multiple variants issue. At least the BBC Trust promise to watch the mobile app during 2013… Which is nice of them.

It won’t be long before you’ll need a UK TV licence for your computer

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With Swedish public broadcaster SVT set to open up their streaming service for the iPad, peple relyingon their tablets to watch TV without a TV at home will fall under the remit of the Swedish licence fee. On Tuesday, SVT CEO Eva Hamilton used an opinion article published in the Dagens Nyheter (DN) newspaper to announce the state broadcaster would soon offer its entire broadcast line-up free of charge online. While the change will allow viewers to browse through SVT’s entire repertoire on tablet computers as well as smartphones, it also means that people who exclusively consume programmes and news via

Don’t tell American Broadcasters about the streaming in Apartment 23

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Another American TV show cancelled (this time it’s the bowdlerises ‘Don’t Trust The B****** In ApArtment 23’), and once more the entire blame is placed on the time-slot given to it by the network. In totally unrelated news, Tristan Louis looks at how many US TV shows from 2012 are available on catch-up through services like Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon online. 22%, 16%, and 6% on the respective services. THe idea of appointment viewing on TV, outside of sports and other live events (such as the Olympics, Eurovision, and a Royal Wedding) is increasingly irrelevant. Marketing, providing legal (and measurable)