29 Sep 2006
| by by Alex Donohue
LONDON - The BBC and Microsoft have signed a strategic partnership that focuses on the corporation....
It is understood that the BBC plans to use Microsoft technology as part of its shift into the "Web 2.0 Age ...
and on any device."
The BBC said its deal with Microsoft aims to identify areas of common interest between ...
's headquarters, by BBC director-general Mark Thompson, Ashley Highfield, BBC director of new media and technology ...
14 Sep 2006
| by By Staff
LONDON - Russell T Davies has written a new series for the BBC that will star former 'Doctor Who...Davies brought Sladen back to 'Doctor Who' for an emotional return, along with K-9, opposite David ...
and 1976.
The new programme will appear on BBC children's television channel CBBC and will be called ...
forces at work in Britain.
Davies said: "Children's TV has a fine history of fantasy thrillers -- I ...
21 Mar 2006
| by by Sam Matthews
LONDON – The BBC is forging links with digital giants such as Microsoft, Sony and Apple....
Highfield took to the stage with Microsoft chairman Bill Gates to show a version of its on-demand player on Windows Vista, Microsoft's next-generation operating system.
The BBC has just completed a three ...
Speaking at Mix06 conference in Las Vegas, Ashley Highfield, BBC director of new media, said ...
17 Oct 2005
| by by Sam Matthews
LONDON – 'Doctor Who' writer Russell T Davies is writing a spin-off series for BBC Three called...Who'.
Davies said: "'Torchwood' is a British sci-fi paranoid thriller, a cop show with a sense of humour. It's dark, wild and sexy."
Stuart Murphy, BBC Three controller, said 'Torchwood', an anagram of Doctor Who, was a massive coup for BBC Three.
"It's the biggest drama we've ever had on the channel ...
29 Jun 2005
| by by Daniel Farey-Jones
service next summer, having signed a deal to use Microsoft technology....Trials of the service are scheduled for next spring, and negotiations between BT and content providers such as the BBC are ongoing.
BT would provide the service through a set-top box capable ...
-over-cable services.
BT is to use Microsoft's IPTV Edition technology, which the software company said allows ...
21 Jul 2008
| by Nikki Sandison
LONDON - Google has knocked Microsoft off the top spot to take the crown of the UK's most popular...The search engine moves up two places from the number three spot last year, knocking Microsoft ...
brand in a Superbrands survey of 1,500 professionals earlier this year. Despite Microsoft's drop ...
in at number 11. The BBC was the highest placed British company at number four, followed by British Airways ...
15 Jul 2009
| by Jacquie Bowser
LONDON - Software giant Microsoft has been voted the UK's most popular consumer brand for 2009...Microsoft was more popular than luxury watch maker Rolex, which came in second, despite not making the top 10 last year. The survey placed internet giant Google in third, followed by British Airways in fourth and the BBC in fifth. The two British brands swapped places from last year. Mercedes-Benz, Coca ...
21 Nov 2005
| by by Staff
LONDON – BBC Three and BBC Four have recorded their most successful month by average weekly reach...Consolidated figures for October reveal that BBC Three's average weekly reach among all ...
homes in peak-time was 34%. The BBC said the surge was in part due to: BBC Three's comedy thriller ...
after Russell T Davies' 'Casanova', and which averaged 468,000 over 11 episodes; and factual series ...
16 Nov 2005
| by by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON – The BBC has been criticised by electronics manufacturers for distorting the market...boxes.
"Intellect believes that it is outside the BBC's remit to set price points in the market and the BBC should take a more responsible approach that does not inhibit consumer choice," it said.
Tim Davie, BBC director of marketing, said: "Our research shows that licence fee payers want choice ...
13 Sep 2006
| by by Alex Donohue
LONDON - BBC Four is to debut two major culinary-themed period dramas in its forthcoming autumn...Janice Hadlow, BBC Four controller, said 'Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management' drama would ...
the culinary theme, Sixties TV chef drama 'Fanny Cradock' will star Julia Davis as the protagonist alongside ...
planned.
Denys Blakeway's 'Abdication' completes BBC Four's historically themed line-up. It is set ...