The Roku set-top box has officially begun shipping for those in the UK market. And nicely done, they will arrive with the BBC iPlayer channel. More specifically, the Roku players will arrive with more than 40 streaming channels including a few that are region specific. Some of the others that will join the BBC iPlayer more »

There is a new scam that has hit Facebook. Unfortunately, it’s using false information about the supposed death of Lady Gaga to entice users into clicking the link. It’s safe to say that Lady Gaga is not dead and she has not been found in a hotel room like the scam suggests.

A few months back it looked like the BBC iPlayer app for the iPad was going to come available in June. And well, needless to say, that did not happen as expected. That being said, the latest report is calling for the app to arrive in the US, Canada and Australia sometime “later this year.” more »

Those waiting for the BBC iPlayer app will be happy to hear that an official announcement has been made. Of course, depending on where you live, you may still be in for a bit of a wait. Anyway, as one would expect, the BBC iPlayer app is first going to come available in the UK, more »

A new video-on-demand service might be competiting with the likes of Hulu and Netflix soon, as PaidContent is reporting that UK’s BBC is planning bringing its iPlayer service to the U.S. soon. BBC iPlayer is a multi-platform on-demand service that serves BBC’s TV and radio shows. BBC iPlayer was launched a few year ago and more »

The night after Obama’s election was a time for celebration for most people (although obviously not John McCain) with parties, drinking and general fun. However for one British journalist the night became a bit of a nightmare when he became an overnight star on YouTube.

Sitting in a corner on a laptop he is approached by a cameraman, who asks him a few questions about himself and the election. Adam Smith (the journalist) is obviously quite drunk, but talks fairly coherently about why he is there and who he works for (Birmingham Mail in England), but then it all went wrong. When asked about an article he is writing at the moment he says that he has copied and pasted it off the BBC website, and then goes on to resign from his job.

I don’t know if any of you at home have both the BBC iPlayer and 4OD (on demand) but for those they don’t, they are essentially ways of watching the last weeks worth of TV on your PC from the respective channels (ITV doesn’t get a look in because theirs simply isn’t that good). Basically the main difference between them is that the BBC iPlayer has no adverts but the 4OD has a catalog of past series, and it is the latter that makes the 4OD that little bit better. It is a shame if you catch the end of a series but can’t watch the rest, or if you are away for over a week.

However TV fans do not fear, because the BBC has plans to incorporate all (that’s right, all) off their catalog onto the BBC iPlayer setup. That means 80 years of classics such as Fawlty Towers, Blackadder, Montly Python and even Bargain Hunter will be available at your fingertips.

Since it was launched on December 25th the iPlayer ‘catch up’ service from the BBC in the UK has been watched by more than 3.5 million people. I can report that I am not one of them! I wanted to be, but you can’t access the content if you are not in the UK. I more »