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BBC relaunch iPlayer as Wii Channel

By Chris Davies on Friday, Nov 13th 2009 No Comments

The BBC has announced that it will be "relaunching" the iPlayer streaming TV system on the Nintendo Wii, with the system now present as a dedicated Wii channel.  While iPlayer access on the Wii has been possible since April 2008, the new iPlayer channel will apparently offer a "faster, high quality and improved viewing experience" according to Erik Huggers, direct of Future Media and Technology at the BBC.

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$100k TyphoonHD4 camera shoots world-first barrel wave slo-mo [Video]

By Chris Davies on Thursday, May 7th 2009 No Comments

The BBC have released footage filmed with their $100,000 high-speed HD camera, a modified TyphoonHD4, in advance of their new documentary South Pacific.  The camera – which is capable of filming in super slow motion and high definition at 20 times the speed of a normal HD camera – was used to record big wave surfer Dylan Longbottom in a 12 foot monster barrel, the first time such footage has ever been filmed.

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BBC stream live TV to Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

By Chris Davies on Friday, Apr 3rd 2009 No Comments

Chalk up another success for the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic: the BBC have added live TV streaming functionality to Nokia’s touchscreen media phone.  Available at www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/live/tv through the 5800’s browser, the service offers current content from all of the BBC’s mainstream and digital channels.

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SlashGear Week in Review – April 7th through April 13th

By James Allan Brady on Sunday, Apr 13th 2008 No Comments

This was a long week with no major events occurring, but there were some pretty big announcements. For starters we have a new BitTorrent Set Top Box from Myka, no more will you have to waste power by leaving your entire computer running all night just to get the latest screener from FXG or aXXo, and this little set top box will do it for you and then play it right from its hard drive for added ease. Then there were rumors abound of Blockbuster potentially putting out a new Set Top Box to push their movies, TV Shows, and other content out to.

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BBC iPlayer – taking over the world

By James Allan Brady on Thursday, Apr 10th 2008 2 Comments

So first the BBC iPlayer was made available on your computer. Then it was made available on your iPod Touch and iPhone, now it’s available on your Wii. The end result is its crashing the Internet.

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