The BBC’s TV channels could be made available online within the next year, here’s an article from the BBC News Website:<\/p>\n
The BBC’s TV channels could be made available on the internet, one of the corporation’s top executives has said. <\/strong><\/p>\n
A simulcast of BBC One or BBC Two, letting UK viewers see programmes on the web at the same time as they go out on TV, is being planned. <\/p>\n
Proposals to make clips available on mobile phones are also being speeded up, director of TV Jana Bennett said. <\/p>\n
A player to let viewers watch shows on the internet for a week after they have been broadcast on TV is in development. <\/p>\n
In an interview with the Guardian newspaper, Ms Bennett said she hoped to simulcast a channel within the next year. <\/p>\n
‘Wake-up call’ <\/strong><\/p>\n
“It’s a great way of getting public service content, which people have already paid for, out to people in a different way,” she said. <\/p>\n
The BBC received a “wake-up call” about the demand for new technology in March when the first episode of the new Doctor Who was leaked on to the internet, she said. <\/p>\n
A BBC spokesman said the corporation was aiming to simulcast a channel permanently but would restrict it to UK viewers only. <\/p>\n
“These plans are subject to the approval of the board of governors and the resolution of rights clearance issues on content like music and imported shows,” he said. <\/p>\n
Internet debuts <\/strong><\/p>\n
As well as the simulcast plan, more shows are set to follow the lead of BBC Three comedy The Mighty Boosh and appear on the internet before TV. <\/p>\n
Sketch show Titty Bang Bang, sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps and Johnny Vegas’ show Ideal will be made available on the internet first. <\/p>\n
Clips from the shows will also be made available on mobile phones. <\/p>\n
The makers of the new Doctor Who series are among the producers who have been developing ways to use mobile phone and portable players. <\/p>\n
And extra content has been filmed for broadband to accompany BBC One’s autumn contemporary Shakespeare series. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n