BBC announces iPlayer, News and Sport apps for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry

scoopex · 17 Feb 2010 at 15:31

Erik Huggers, BBC Future Media and Technology Group Controller, took the stage today at Mobile World Congress 2010 to announce two new BBC applications for the iPhone, Android and BlackBerry platforms.

http://www.neowin.net/news/bbc-announces-news-and-sport-apps-for-iphone-android-and-blackberry

Tunney · 17 Feb 2010 at 16:29

No mention of the iPlayer app being able to download TV to watch later, unlike the Symbian version. Is that right? If so, that's a great shame.

deuse · 17 Feb 2010 at 16:52

You know what's coming next don't you. A TV licence for phones or they will put the licence fee up to cover the phones.

Meatball · 17 Feb 2010 at 18:03

deuse said:
You know what's coming next don't you. A TV licence for phones or they will put the licence fee up to cover the phones.

I've been waiting for that day

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PermaBanned · 17 Feb 2010 at 18:13

deuse said:
You know what's coming next don't you. A TV licence for phones or they will put the licence fee up to cover the phones.

Well they didn't put the license up for iPlayer in the first place did they?

Proc · 17 Feb 2010 at 18:16

No WinMo? Shame if not.

Amp34 · 17 Feb 2010 at 20:02

Proc said:
No WinMo? Shame if not.

Bit of a shame but maybe because of WinMo 7 coming out?

However the rest of them apparently don't have an iPlayer app which WinMo has had for months... :confused:

Proc · 18 Feb 2010 at 00:36

Amp34 said:
However the rest of them apparently don't have an iPlayer app which WinMo has had for months...

Has it, as far as i know WinMo has never had an iPlayer app, you have to use something like mPlayer.

PermaBanned · 19 Feb 2010 at 18:45

You might be interested in this:

http://www.t3.com/news/newspapers-want-bbc-iphone-android-apps-blocked?=43755

Britain's newspapers are demanding the BBC's plans for iPhone, Blackberry and Android news and sports apps are stopped.

The Newspaper’s Publishing Association (NPA) argues the corporation “muscling” into the market will make difficult for other UK news organisations to make any money from apps, whether through selling apps, subscriptions or ads.

Amp34 · 19 Feb 2010 at 19:20

Proc said:
Has it, as far as i know WinMo has never had an iPlayer app, you have to use something like mPlayer.

Well my HD has an iPlayer app so...

Perhaps it's not 100% official, but it identical in design to the online version.

daz · 19 Feb 2010 at 20:43

Superewza said:
Well they didn't put the license up for iPlayer in the first place did they?

They'll get in to a place of market dominance, and then demand a fee. To be fair, to access iPlayer already you should have to have a log-in where you validate your address and license number or similar. It's a great service.

Only bad thing about these mobile apps will be the damage they will do to the 3G networks... how are they all doing for capacity these days?

Yas786 · 19 Feb 2010 at 20:46

Heard about this over at crackberry and cant say im interested in it in the slightest...not something that i would pay for nor would i use if it was free.

PermaBanned · 19 Feb 2010 at 20:58

daz said:
how are they all doing for capacity these days?

Well since they're so overpriced barely anybody uses them...

Nobody cares about my post?

Rimsy · 20 Feb 2010 at 00:51

how would using an "app" be any different from browsing the BBC news / sports website from a mobile like I do daily on my commute to work?

Amp34 · 20 Feb 2010 at 01:33

You could ask the same question about 90% of the iPhone apps, which essentially just replace a webpage...

Christo · 20 Feb 2010 at 11:48

Spawn said:
Heard about this over at crackberry and cant say im interested in it in the slightest...not something that i would pay for nor would i use if it was free.

You dont live in the UK so couldnt use it anyway!

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No mention of Symbian!??? 40% of the phone market wtf.

Yas786 · 20 Feb 2010 at 12:24

Christo said:
You dont live in the UK so couldnt use it anyway!

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No mention of Symbian!??? 40% of the phone market wtf.

Of course i live in the UK

...what makes you think that i dont?? :confused:

I dont see the point of this BBC app in all honesty...plus i dont think mobile phones are going to be getting this for free...am pretty sure there will be some sort of pricetag on it.

Symbian isnt worth developing for imho...its slowly dying a death due to other much better OS's out there.

Christo · 20 Feb 2010 at 12:35

Spawn said:
Of course i live in the UK...what makes you think that i dont??

I dont see the point of this BBC app in all honesty...plus i dont think mobile phones are going to be getting this for free...am pretty sure there will be some sort of pricetag on it.

Symbian isnt worth developing for imho...its slowly dying a death due to other much better OS's out there.

I thought you lived in Canada - maybe Im confusing you with someone else (but yeah I just noticed your location.

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The BBC will not charge for their apps. period.

Symbian isnt worth developing!? Its market share increased last year and holds 40% share - infact if there was any one OS to deveop for the BBC should probably develop Symbian. I do agree that Symbian is poor though.

Tunney · 20 Feb 2010 at 12:37

Christo said:
No mention of Symbian!??? 40% of the phone market wtf.

There's already a Symbian app. With better features.

Deathwish · 20 Feb 2010 at 13:08

Was going to say, I already have one on my Nokia 5800 and it works fine.