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BBC iPlayer app gains ‘last chance to watch’ alerts
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The BBC has updated its iPlayer app to alert users when their downloads are set to expire, helping to ensure TV fans don’t miss their favourite shows. Many viewers prefer to download episodes and boxsets to watch while on the move to avoid eating into their mobile data plans.
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New BBC virtual reality film takes viewers on an RAF bombing run over Berlin
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Viewers will experience the jeopardy and the excitement of the bombing raid, as VR transports them into the belly of Lancaster bomber ‘F for Freddie’. As the plane flies high over Berlin while anti-aircraft shells burst all around, the sense of danger is palpable, and justified – just four months after this flight F for…
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BBC Four acquires Australian drama Mystery Road
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Airing in Australia on ABC, the drama stars Aaron Pedersen as detective Jay Swan, who is sent to the remote outback town of Patterson for what he thinks will be a simple investigation into the disappearance of two young jackaroos.
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Gavin and Stacey’s Larry Lamb and Melanie Walters reunite for new BBC One series
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Set around a caravan park on the north Wales coast, Pitching In tells the story of three generations of the same family, all struggling to make the best of a very unusual – and sometimes very difficult – situation.
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BBC Research could eliminate time gaps between traditional broadcasts and live video streaming
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During this summer’s World Cup, some fans watching matches on BBC iPlayer complained of hearing neighbours cheering at goals that they hadn’t yet seen because the streamed coverage lagged up to 30 seconds behind the TV broadcast.
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BBC Player becomes available to two million more homes in Malaysia
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Previously available only to the firm’s ultimate pack subscribers, BBC Player will now be available to more than two million of unifi’s broadband subscribers for free for 30 days starting 18 September.