August 26, 2005
BBC puts shows on net and mobiles
Interesting insight from Owen Gibson of The Guardian on the BBC'splans to broadcast programmes and entire channels on the internet and on mobile phones, using popular shows such as Dr Who, in a series of pilots designed to assess public demand.
"Ahead of the Media Guardian Edinburgh Television Festival, which begins today, the BBC's director of television, Jana Bennett, said she was asking programme makers, commissioners and schedulers to get to grips more rapidly with the evolution in technology. She said consumers were ahead of broadcasters in their take-up of new technology.
"The wake-up call was also the much anticipated Doctor Who arriving on people's screens over the internet via a leaked DVD from Canada.
... One of the key themes of the festival is expected to be the ways in which new technology, from the acceleration in broadband use to 3G mobile phones to digital switchover, will alter viewing habits and programme making.
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