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BBC World Service calls for access to chat apps

The Director of the BBC World Service Group Jamie Angus has called on chat apps to open their platforms to trusted news sources like the BBC, as part of the global effort to counter misinformation during the global Covid-19 crisis. Speaking to the Media Masters podcast, Angus said: “WhatsApp has allowed the WHO to publish […]

June 4, 2020

BBC’s Beeb voice assistant goes beta

Beeb, the new voice assistant from the BBC, first announced in August 2019, is to be made available in  an early version to UK-based members of Microsoft’s Windows Insider Programme, a community of people who regularly test out new technology. In a Blog Post, Grace Boswood, COO, BBC Design + Engineering, says that since its […]

June 3, 2020By Colin Mann

BBC launches Programme Explorer tool

The BBC has made more than 200,000 radio and TV programmes from its archive more accessible with a new online tool called Programme Explorer. The tool scours existing radio and TV programmes from across BBC online – including Sounds, iPlayer News, Sport, Weather and more – to find every available programme relating to a search. […]

June 1, 2020

FA Cup final set for August 1st

The FA Cup final has been rescheduled for August 1st as the disrupted domestic football calendar begins to take on a new shape. Following news that the Premier League will resume on June 17th (subject to Government clearance), the Football Association (FA) has now announced its dates for the final three rounds of the FA […]

May 29, 2020

Premier League resumes with FTA games on Sky, Amazon, BBC

The Premier League is set to resume on June 17th. Two matches will be played on that date – Aston Villa vs Sheffield United and Manchester City vs Arsenal. Every team will have then played 29 matches, and it is expected than the remaining 90 matches will be played out over the course of 6 […]

May 28, 2020