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by Alex Dobie
May 24, 2013
Support for larger Android tablets finally arrives in the BBC's streaming app
The BBC has updated its iPlayer app for Android, bringing support for 10-inch tablets for the first time. T...
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by Alex Dobie
May 10, 2013
British consumer affairs show will air segment on Samsung's new handset next Wednesday
There's been some controversy over just how much of the Samsung Galaxy S4's internal storage is...
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by Richard Devine
Apr 24, 2013
Now available from Google Play for smartphones and tablets, the iPlayer Radio app will shortly follow in the Amazon Appstore
The BBC first launched their iPlayer Radio application on iOS in...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 20, 2013
British sports fans rejoice, the BBC Sport application for Android is finally here. Following on from a pretty decent mobile website that streamed live video such as the Olympic Games, and the relea...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 15, 2013
The BBC continues to roll out improvements to its suite of Android apps, and today the broadcaster has published updates for its (UK-only) iPlayer and BBC Media Player apps. The latest iPlayer ...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 13, 2012
Also BBC Media Player improvements, including background audio playback
Yesterday the BBC detailed exactly what it's planning to do with its iPlayer app for Android over the next few mo...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 12, 2012
The BBC has posted an extensive update on its future plans for the BBC iPlayer Android app. In the coming months, the corporation says it's main aims are to reach feature parity with the iO...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 07, 2012
"Some say he never blinks and that he roams local woodland foraging for mouse meat. All we know is, he's called The Stig."
BBC Worldwide released an Android title back in October, kno...
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 19, 2012
The BBC has updated its official iPlayer app for Android with support for the latest version of the OS, 4.1 Jelly Bean. The new version comes weeks after the Beeb launched its self-branded BBC Media...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 19, 2012
With the discontinuation of Adobe Flash for Android, the BBC has had to look elsewhere for a video streaming solution on the platform. Its iPlayer media streaming service is heavily reliant on the d...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 13, 2012
As you might have guessed by the continuing news coverage, the London Olympic Games are almost upon us. And now the BBC is launching its official Olympic app for Android (and iOS), allow...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 14, 2012
​Broadcaster's Euro 2012 and Olympic live streams will be available over 3G on phones and tablets
The BBC has traditionally been big on Android, and mobile content in general -- back in 20...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 27, 2012
It sure has been a long time coming, but finally the BBC iPlayer application has been updated to allow streaming over 3G. The app itself has been with us since February 2011 in WiFi only form, but a...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 26, 2012
The BBC has updated its BBC News app for Android with Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich tablet support. The app now offers a larger, split-screen view for tablets running Android 3.0 and above -- the...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 04, 2012
The official BBC iPlayer app for Android is great, assuming your phone or tablet is on the list of approved devices. If it's not, you won't even be able to see the app in the Android Market,...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 12, 2011
The BBC have come out today with some information regarding a future update to their Android offering, which will finally bring 3G streaming to the application.
With 1.2 million downloads on ...
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by Richard Devine
Aug 18, 2011
It doesn't matter which side of the pond you're from, fans of The Doctor are everywhere. The BBC have now traveled through space and time to bring their iOS game, The Mazes Of Time to Android.&n...
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by Chris Parsons
Jun 10, 2011
Android users had to wait quite a while for the official BBC Android app to arrive, when it did -- it was only made available in UK respectively. Now, BBC has taken their offerings Global by making th...
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by Alex Dobie
May 25, 2011
Following on from the BBC iPlayer app launched on Android a few months ago, the Beeb has today released an official BBC News application for users of Android 1.6 and above in the UK. ...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 12, 2011
Some interesting photos of the Android stand at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona have appeared via tweets from BBC Click. The Click team apparently managed to sneak backstage and grab some sho...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 10, 2011
As promised, the official BBC iPlayer app is now available on the Android Market for users in the UK. The free app offers a similar experience to the web-based mobile iPlayer that's been availab...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 09, 2011
The BBC has announced that it'll be launching an official iPlayer app on the Android Market later this week. While Android owners can currently access the service through their web browsers, the new a...
