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BBC To Offer over 2,000 Hours of Winter Olympics Coverage through the Red Button

Submitted by tracyswedlow on January 20, 2010 - 1:45am
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--Will Also Offer Winter Olympics Social/Interactive TV Channels Online
--Huggers: Project Canvas to Feature App Store, Offer SDK

The BBC has unveiled its multiplatform/interactive TV coverage plans for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. According to the corporation:

BBC Unveils its Red-Button Interactive TV Schedule for Next Two Weeks

Submitted by tracyswedlow on January 12, 2010 - 1:17am
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--Public Beta of iPlayer on Freesat Launches, iPlayer to Be Available through Samsung Internet@TV

The BBC has announced the line-up of content that will be available through its red-button interactive TV service for the next two weeks

BBC Unveils its Red-Button Interactive TV Schedule for Next Two Weeks

Submitted by tracyswedlow on November 16, 2009 - 5:32am
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--New Version of BBC iPlayer Launched on Nintendo Wii

The BBC announced last week the line-up of content that will be available through its red-button interactive TV service for the next two weeks and beyond:

Animated "Doctor Who" Series, "Dreamland," to Premiere on BBC Red Button, November 21st

Submitted by tracyswedlow on November 12, 2009 - 3:13am
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--BBC Exec: One Goal of Salford Move Will Be to Build "Center of Expertise" in IP-Based Interactive TV

The BBC said Wednesday that "Dreamland," a new, six-part animated series based on its long-running sci-fi program, "Doctor Who" (note: for some background on the show, see the article published on itvt.com, August 24th), will premiere daily on its BBC Red Button interactive TV service and on its "Doctor Who" Web site (bbc.co.uk/doctorwho), starting Saturday, November 21st.

Launch of Freeview HD to Result in Reduction in Red Button Interactive TV Services

Submitted by tracyswedlow on October 21, 2009 - 12:37am
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--Freeview Viewers Will Lose Access to BBC News Multiscreen, October 27th

The BBC announced Tuesday that, due to its commitment to launching HD broadcast channels on the UK's free-to-air digital terrestrial platform, Freeview, which involves rearranging the existing SD channels on that platform, it will have to switch off two (including channel 302) of the three interactive streams it uses on Freeview to deliver red-button content.

BBC Unveils Revamped Red-Button Interactive TV Service for Children's Channel, CBeebies

Submitted by tracyswedlow on August 31, 2009 - 3:42pm
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--Corporation also Launches Audio-Described Programming on the BBC iPlayer

In a posting on the BBC Red Button team's Press Red blog last week, Damian Vicary, interactive TV producer for BBC Children's, announced the launch of a revamped red-button interactive TV service for CBeebies, the BBC's digital channel for children six and under. Among other things, the new version of the service (which is accessed by pressing red while watching CBeebies) features:

New Interview with BBC Red Button Chief, John Denton

Submitted by tracyswedlow on July 23, 2009 - 11:26pm
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--Plus iCueTV Founder and President, Michael Huegel, Explains Interactive TV Commerce

[itvt] has just published an in-depth audio interview with the BBC's managing editor of TV platforms, John Denton, the executive who leads the team responsible for the BBC's highly popular (an average of around 11 million viewers access it each week) Red Button interactive TV service.



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