BBC iPlayer


The BBC’s iPlayer has had a revamp, and now carries TV shows and radio programmes on the same site. Shame it’s still flaky more often than not.

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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

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Illegal TV downloads as popular as they are only because the media refuses to deliver


Last night’s penultimate episode of Doctor Who series four didn’t let up on the excitement from the opening teaser to the last second. It was incredible, and how fans outside the UK can avoid spoilers before getting the chance to watch an official broadcast on their own local channels, I’ve no idea—but trust me, if you’re one of them, you should try. It has to be said, though, that fantastic cliffhangers don’t exactly discourage illegal downloads of shows via the likes of BitTorrent, do they? Not when populations are otherwise expected to wait a year or more to see all the fuss for themselves.

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Sunday, June 29th, 2008

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