Posts Tagged ‘bbc’
If you’re outside of the UK, you will see adverts on the BBC site. This also happens on the mobile site.
Here’s a typical example.
Intercontinental are a premium brand. No doubt their mobile advertising is really good. Right?
First Impression
We start off with a mobile friendly page. Almost. There are five flaws here.
Large image. While …
Edit! I’ve uploaded the clip to YouTube as it’s no longer available on iPlayer
A few weeks ago, I blogged about seeing Russell Howard’s Good News. I was (only slightly) gutted not to have appeared on the broadcast version of the show.
Then, this morning, one of my colleagues stopped me in the lift…
Hey! Saw you …
There are many reasons to love the BBC. In my opinion, one of the truly great things they do is offer free tickets to show recordings. Through the BBC tickets site and TVRecordings.com I’ve seen – for free – The Now Show, HIGNFY, The News Quiz, Mitchell and Webb as well as assorted …
As Shakespeare said…
“[Blog posts are] a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
Today Ofcom published the responses it had for its consultation on plans for the BBC to encrypt its HD broadcasts.
The blogosphere went nuts! DRM? Not on our watch. Boing Boing mobilised its army of commentators, the BBC published …
There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand statistics and those who don’t. ±8.
Ever since I took GCSE and A-Level statistics, I’ve had a healthy appreciation for the way they are presented to the public.
I vividly remember my grandmother shouting at the television one night. The news presenter had said “20% …
Woooo! Twestival! YAYAYAYAY! Errr… Well, no. Not really. After the success of last year’s London Twestival, I thought this one would be even better. Looks like I was wrong. Let’s start with…
The GoodOnce again, it’s impossible to feel anything other that gratitude and humbleness in the face of the sheer amount of effort, …
The Internet is abuzz with the on-going spat between the BBC and the UK ISP industry.
In short, the iPlayer is now responsible for 5% of all data traffic in the UK. That figure is growing.
The problem is that the ISPs have been selling “unlimited” internet connectivity when their capacity is severly limited.
The ISPs are trying …
I love the BBC iPlayer. Now that it works on Linux (and anything else with Flash 9) it’s a really good way to catch up on shows without having to go to The Pirate Bay and wade through mountains of crap.
There are only 2 problems….
1) I can’t download the shows
2) I can’t stream the shows …
