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BBC’s Top Gear Coming To Mobile, As A Game - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 20 Jun 2008 01:53 AM PST

The Top Gear juggernaut rolls on. Once a humble but controversial BBC autos review show, BBC Worldwide is now cashing in on accidental US popularity with Australian and American spinoffs,…

BBC Admits To Premium Rate Phone-In Problems; Pays $246,000 To Charity - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 09 May 2008 11:59 AM PST

The UK’s premium rate phone-in scandal rumbles on. The BBC admitted today that £106,000 ($212,000) raised for charity through a premium rate fundraising phone-in was in fact kept by Audiocall,…

Interview: Matthew Postgate, Mobile Controller, BBC: Tipping Into The Mobile Mainstream - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Thu 20 Mar 2008 06:43 AM PST

The BBC’s head mobile honcho Matthew Postgate said that now that “the iPlayer was out the door,” the broadcaster would be focusing more intently on mobile. The publicly-funded broadcaster is…

iPhone Boosts iPlayer Traffic; BBC Podcasts To PSP, More Mobiles - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 18 Mar 2008 05:10 AM PST

Update: The iPhone/iPod touch version of the BBC’s iPlayer has boosted traffic to the TV catch-up service by 10 percent. One in 20 who came via the handset used the…

BBC Relaunches Mobile Web Site; Soccer Site Gets Big Push - 1 Comment
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 10 Mar 2008 04:35 AM PST

The BBC has launched today its recently overhauled mobile website, which now emulates the new appearance of the recently-revamped bbc.co.uk. The seven-year-old site has been updated to reflect the fact…

BBC Puts iPlayer Catch-Up TV On iPhone - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 07 Mar 2008 04:47 AM PST

After much rumor, the BBC has made its iPlayer TV catch-up service available on iPhone - its first mobile implementation. The service does not use the new SDK nor an…