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The BBC is experimenting with new speed reading technology that could make it easier to follow the news on your smartwatch
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Developed by Spritz, the experiment sees information presented one word at a time and centred of the screen, a technique which counter-intuitively allows the reader to process it faster because their eyes stay fixed on a single area of the screen.
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BBC Four to tell the story of the last Maharajah of the Punjab
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Growing up in a colonial enclave in India, the boy king abandoned his Sikh religion and signed away his ancient kingdom to the British – decisions he would come to bitterly regret. He moved as a teenager to Britain, where Queen Victoria became his godmother. Duleep Singh lived most of his adult life here as…
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BBC Studios and beIN sign co-production and distribution pact
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The MOU establishes a strategic partnership which commits the two companies to explore “opportunities for the co-development, co-production and distribution of content in Qatar, the Middle East and Turkey.”
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BBC hits Mastermind, Later with Jools Holland and Hootenanny to be offered up to private production firms
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Under the tender process, the BBC retains all Intellectual Property rights for the programmes, which will continue to be shown on the BBC.
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BBC brings live restart feature to the green button
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The broadcaster has introduced a new live restart feature similar to that already available inside the iPlayer app and via web and mobile browsers.
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Classic BBC dramas including Quatermass and the Pit and House of Cards are coming to iPlayer this week
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A host of classic dramas are being made available as complete boxsets on BBC iPlayer, giving fans a chance to re-live the first series of House of Cards, the corporation’s acclaimed adaption of Michael Dobbs’ novel, 2004’s North and South and the 1958 sci-fi series Quatermass and the Pit.