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BBC iPlayer app to go international, for less than $10 a month

By chrissyboy6969, Thursday, Mar 3, 2011 a 8:17 am

The BBC iPlayer iPad app is set to launch on the international stage later this year and as we already knew, would command a monthly subscription fee. The fee according to Director General Mark Thompson will be a small number of dollars a month, definitely fewer than 10. The international app will give subscribers access to the BBC archive of television programs.

No BBC event for iPad 2 -- It's an Apple press event in UK

By chrissyboy6969, Tuesday, Mar 1, 2011 a 7:46 am

Following up the story of the BBC holding an event at the same time as the iPad 2 launch, The BBC contacted TiPb and told us that they do not have an event planned for March 2. However, they did confirm that Apple has booked a studio within the BBC Television Center for its own press event.

So can expect some interaction between the US and UK at the launch event? Phil Schiller and Stephen Fry on iPad FaceTime perhaps?

BBC holding an event at the same time as the iPad 2 launch, are they linked?

By chrissyboy6969, Friday, Feb 25, 2011 a 4:20 pm

The BBC (British Broadcasting Company) is holding an unspecified press event on Wednesday March 2^nd at 6pm GMT, which coincides exactly to the Apple iPad 2 launch event.

Now this could be pure coincidence, but throw into the mix that the BBC event will be hosted by none other than self confessed Apple fan Stephen Fry and this sets alarm bells ringing. Mr Fry was one of the first people to get their hands on the original iPad last year so it all starts to make sense, well a little anyway!

BBC iPlayer app for iPad to arrive this Thursday, all set for the iPad 2 high-res screen?

By chrissyboy6969, Tuesday, Feb 8, 2011 a 9:25 am

The long overdue BBC iPlayer app will be released on Thursday according to a BBC engineer. Geoff Marshall, an Interactive Operations engineer for the BBC, responsible for the iPlayer services, broke the news via his twitter stream. He also went on to say, “It will take advantage of the higher-res screen that iPad2 has got.” “HD content will look good.” Now we don’t know if this is inside knowledge or just a guess but it is interesting all the same.

BBC iPlayer app finally getting close to release

By chrissyboy6969, Thursday, Jan 27, 2011 a 3:29 pm

The BBC iPlayer mobile app for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad is finally close to being released according to a report by Paid Content. The app was announced twelve months ago but needed the approval of the BBC Trust which was granted six months ago. The report suggest that the app will be released by the end of next month, coinciding with the departure of Erik Huggers, the BBC’s future media and technology director; who is leaving to join Intel.