Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Apple : BBC iPlayer iPhone app imminent

Apple : BBC iPlayer iPhone app imminent

BBC iPlayer iPhone app imminent

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 09:13 AM PST

The BBC iPlayer app for iOS devices, including the iPod, iPad and iPhone, is nearing launch and should be in the App Store for February.

This is according to PaidContent who have been given the nod by an unnamed source that Apple users will soon be able to watch the iPlayer on their portable devices without having to go through the laborious task of viewing content through a web browser.

It's been a long time coming for the BBC iPlayer app to enter the App Store.

Announced way back in February 2010, the app was meant to be in place before 2010 was out but never actually made it to market.

This was because the BBC Trust had to look into whether the iPlayer app, alongside a dedicated news and sports app, were the right thing for the BBC to release.

It turns out apps were part of the company's raison d'etre, which promptly brought on the release of the hugely successful BBC News app and gave the greenlight for the iPlayer on the App Store.

No Android

Unfortunately there is still no word as to whether Google Android will get an official iPlayer app.

Considering Erik Huggers is departing at the end of February to snuggle up next to Will.i.am at Intel, and massive job cuts have been announced for the web arm of the BBC, it's unlikely we will see an Android version of the iPlayer anytime soon.

The Daily for iPad to cost 79p per week, is a fortnight away

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 01:32 AM PST

The News Corp. iPad paper The Daily should launch within a fortnight according to James Murdoch, confirming the 99c weekly price that will all but certainly lead to a 79p price in the UK

Murdoch Junior – who formerly headed up Sky in the UK but is now in charge of News Corp's European and Asian operations discussed the eagerly awaited subscription paper for Apple's phenomenally popular tablet at the DLD Media conference in Munich.

Murdoch confirmed a price of 99 cents – which means that a 79p price is likely for the UK market.

Fortnight

"It should be launching in the next two weeks, I hope," said Murdoch.

Currently, 99 cent products on iTunes cost 79p in the UK store, a pricing system that is likely to be rolled out to The Daily.

The Daily will utilise a much-needed new subscription service being introduced into iTunes, and it is the arrival of this system that is believed to have held up the arrival of the paper.

The Daily will bring News Corp content – much of which is steadily disappearing behind a firewall online – to iPad owners in a made-to-measure edition.

With just a fortnight to wait until we see if The Daily truly is the future, we'll ease ourselves back on to the tenter hooks and put back on our intrigued faces.
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