Digital TV News: BBC Research
BBC Research: world's first reception of HD pictures over DTT using DVB-T2
Sep 1, 2008 – On the 60th birthday of BBC Kingswood Warren, engineers from BBC Research & Innovation succeeded in demonstrating a working real-time demodulator capable of receiving signals compliant to the DVB-T2 standard for the very first time.
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BBC Research, Digital TV, DVB-T2, IBC2023, Terrestrial, UK
BBC begins DVB-T2 test transmissions in preparation for HD on Freeview
Jun 27, 2008 – The BBC has begun DVB-T2 test transmissions from the Guildford transmitter southwest of London, in preparation for HD on Freeview.
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BBC, Digital TV, DVB-T2, IBC2023, Terrestrial, UK
BBC iPlayer receives more than 75 million requests to view since launch
May 20, 2008 – BBC research has revealed that BBC iPlayer has now received more than 75 million requests to stream or download programmes. The total number of requests for downloads and streams of BBC programmes in April was 21 million.
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BBC iPlayer, Digital TV, Streaming, Subscribers, UK
Over 42 million programmes accessed on BBC iPlayer in first three months
Apr 9, 2008 – The BBC has released research that shows that BBC iPlayer has enjoyed significant growth in the first three months since its Christmas Day marketing launch.
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BBC iPlayer, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, UK
More than 3.5 million programmes accessed via BBC iPlayer in first fortnight
Jan 15, 2008 – Over 3.5 million programmes have been streamed or downloaded on demand via the BBC iPlayer within a fortnight of its marketing launch on Christmas Day.
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BBC iPlayer, Broadband, Digital TV, Media Player, Streaming, UK
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