en About the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Feed This blogΒ explains what the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ does and how it works. We link to some other blogs and online spaces inside and outside the corporation.Β The blog is edited by Alastair Smith and Matt Seel. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:19:59 +0000 Zend_Feed_Writer 2 (http://framework.zend.com) /blogs/aboutthebbc The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Mobile Apps - a press round-up Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:19:59 +0000 /blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/ba85f504-3f4c-3209-9803-c2cd8bf1849b /blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/ba85f504-3f4c-3209-9803-c2cd8bf1849b

Press and online coverage following at Mobile World Congress regarding our plans to roll out a series of mobile applications to stream news, sport and the has been predictably extensive.

Online forums, blogs and specialist sites were very swift to pick up on the news, with most merely repeating what we published in our . All the broadsheets gave fairly neutral reportage initially, with celebrating the news that football fans will be able to watch the World Cup on their smartphones. and recognised that the reaction from other news organisations to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News app may be less than enthusiastic. also identified that: 'The move will also intensify the debate about paid-for content in the media sector.'

By this afternoon , and all reported on the move by the The Newspaper Publishers Association (NPA): 'to lodge an objection with the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Trust calling on the governing body to apply its Public Value Test to the service'. Covering the same story, that: 'A spokesperson for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ said that its online service licence, granted by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Trust, was "quite explicit in allowing the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ to repurpose its online content for consumption on mobile devices".'

Clearly, this is a case of 'watch this space'...

]]> 0 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Online's new mobile applications Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:24:09 +0000 /blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/dcc15e51-cdce-38d2-9447-dee4e15b0801 /blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/dcc15e51-cdce-38d2-9447-dee4e15b0801



You may have already heard the news that today at a keynote speech at Mobile World Congress, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Director of Future Media & Technology Erik Huggers has that will deliver Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Online services to a range of mobile devices. Licence fee payers have already been able to access the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ website on mobile phones for eight years and today's announcement means that public service content can be better enjoyed on the move.

Erik's own blog post concerning the evolution and thinking behind the initiative is , as is demonstrating the News, Sport and iPlayer apps in more detail. And for even more detail we have Pete Clifton getting to grips with the implications of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News app .

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ press release detailing the new mobile apps can be read
To read the full posts and to comment click on the links above.

]]> 0 Tea with the Mayor Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:48:16 +0000 /blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/61e30cb7-136c-3259-a450-69fa5ffbd26f /blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/61e30cb7-136c-3259-a450-69fa5ffbd26f
The road to starts with some audience research and some anecdotal evidence.

The research is from the . It showed that 74% of the British public followed the Olympics on television, while 31% accessed our online services; 15% used radio; and only 2% made use of mobile. Don't worry that it adds up to more than 100%: obviously it's possible both to watch TV and use online to follow the Games. But we did investigate that 2% figure, which showed a lower-than-expected reliance on mobile devices despite their huge growth in recent years.

Please note: this is an extract. Read the rest of Roger Mosey's blog post and leave comments .

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