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- UK Internet Growth On Mobile Outpacing PC-based Surfing
- The use of the mobile internet in Britain grew eight times as fast as the growth of the wired internet, according to the latest study from research firm Nielsen Online. Of course, the actual number of Britons surfing the wired internet is still overwhelmingly higher. The Mobile Media View...
- External links 2008-11-24
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- BBC Weather.(weatherfront)
- "William Gray, Colorado State University professor, believes 13 tropical storms will form this year. Of these, seven are predicted to become hurricanes, of which three will become major storms with winds over 110 mph." --BBC Weather, June 11, 2006
- Research articles 2006-07-01
- BBC WEATHER GIRL'S INSULT TO RANGERS
- RANGERS fans flooded the BBC with complaints last night after a TV weather girl referred to Ibrox as "Castle Greyskull". Blonde Kirsty McCabe, from Kilmarnock, presented the forecast on BBC1 just before 9am yesterday. After telling English football fans about conditions near grounds in...
- Research articles 2006-01-22
- Win BBC weather man Paul
- Viewers of BBC's Look North will get the chance to win the programme's weatherman Paul Hudson. Programme producers will launch a competition next Tuesday which will allow viewers to win the special prize of Paul broadcasting the weather from their back garden, allotment or window box for the 6.30pm...
- Research articles 2007-05-02
- BBC Must Drop $100 Million Local Video Plan; Would Hurt Commercial Rivals
- The BBC has been blocked from beginning a £68 million ($101 million), four-year program to add video bulletins to its 65 local UK websites - a proposal that had been vigorously contested by concerned commercial publishers. After a five-month inquiry, the BBC Trust regulator said on Friday the plan...
- External links 2008-11-21
- BRITAIN IN CRISIS - FLOODS: Silver lining for BBC news at 10
- STORM clouds were gathering for the BBC's Ten O'Clock News - until the awful weather brought viewers flooding back. Audiences had dropped to 3.7 million during the last Wednesday in October, but a record 6.5 million people watched the floods bulletin on Friday. The average audience for...
- Research articles 2000-11-05
- FUNNY WEATHER
- CHEEKY BBC weathergirl Kaddy Lee-Preston turned up the heat when she put "rude" village names on her TV map. Towns like Dover, Margate and Maidstone were replaced with real- life places such as Upper Dicker, Thong and Pratt's Bottom. And Kaddy struggled to keep...
- Research articles 2005-05-08
- BBC takes the tilt out of Britain after weather map outcry
- LONDON AFP — The BBC has been forced to redraw its map of Britain after a public outcry over new TV weather graphics which left Scotland fading into the distance, it was announced. The public broadcaster was bombarded with more than 4,000 e-mails when the 3D map made its...
- Research articles 2005-05-27
- Halle's water music: a rainy night in Manchester doesn't deter the BBC's Proms in the Park
- UK: Mid September saw BBC Proms in the Park events taking place in London, Glasgow, Cardiff, Belfast and Manchester. The Manchester event took place outside the recently opened URBIS museum, its strikingly lit glass facade providing a dramatic backdrop for the stage. The weather forecast for the evening...
- Research articles 2004-10-01
- blinkx Announces Agreements to Distribute Premium Content From the BBC, CBS and The Weather Channel
- Popular Programming Fully Searchable and Free to Audiences Through www.blinkx.com SAN FRANCISCO -- blinkx, the world's largest video search engine, today announced content partnerships with the BBC, CBS and The Weather Channel. "We're thrilled to be adding this exciting programming to our service," said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and...
- Research articles 2008-02-28
- Controversy erupts over BBC plans to be broadband leader
- BBC New Media is planning to launch its first dedicated broadband service by the end of March and is aiming to become the leading broadband player in the UK. However, the BBC has come under fire over its plans and has once again been accused of operating in...
- Research articles 2002-02-28
- BBC big names to join strike
- Some of the North East's most famous faces and voices will be going out on strike next week in protest against proposed job cuts at the BBC. BBC Radio Newcastle's Mike Parr, Look North's Carol Malia and weather presenter Trai Anfield are among the staff who will support the...
- Research articles 2005-05-18
- Pacific Quay's just 'dome sweet dome' for the BBC
- January: Miller Developments make a last-minute bid for the Millennium Dome and reassembles it on Glasgow's Pacific Quay site for the new BBC Scotland HQ and film studios. BBC Scotland management play hard to get until an all-weather replacement for Hampden Park is also included. February: With...
- Research articles 2000-12-31
- Farmers' leader blames BBC for epidemic
- FIRST THE foot-and-mouth outbreak was blamed on filthy farms. Next it was the nationwide trade in sheep, then Chinese takeaways, innocent ramblers and windy weather. Yesterday the BBC's helicopters became the latest in the line-up to be blamed for spreading the virus. The BBC's...
- Research articles 2001-08-16
- The sea was calling, still unfed.(listening to weather forecasts as a way of life)
- One childhood night long ago, dreadful weather blew in over Newcastle. Curtains of sleet lashed the city, rattling icy rain against windows and scratching impatient claws down steep slate roofs. It was dinnertime, and my younger sister and I were eating boiled eggs as we listened...
- Research articles 1999-07-01
- Here is the weather forecast ... and it's Factor 8 in all areas
- WEATHER presenters will soon be advising TV viewers on what factor suntan lotion to use. The BBC is planning to introduce a new type of forecast, highlighting the risks posed by the sun. A simple code - called the Standard Risk Index - will...
- Research articles 1998-05-17
- Crane flies invade Britain: report
- LONDON AFP — British homes are under attack from an invasion of crane flies, a newspaper said. The Daily Express said the insects, commonly known as daddy-longlegs, were hatching early due to recent weather conditions and swarming into houses across the country. The BBC weather centre said the...
- Research articles 2005-06-24
- Rain comes as a relief for an under-par BBC
- IT hadn't, going into the third round, been the happiest US Masters for the BBC. And last night it seemed their misfortune was continuing when their coverage, scheduled to coincide with the leaders making their moves, was knocked out of kilter when play was suspended for two hours at Augusta...
- Research articles 2000-04-09
- How Michael Fish has been blown out by the Beeb ...
- BBC weathermen Michael Fish and John Kettley are being pushed off prime-time television. Instead of presenting the prestigious evening bulletins, the popular pair are being banished to the "graveyard" mid-afternoon reports. The decision comes after the duo supported bullying allegations which were made against...
- Research articles 2000-02-20
- WEATHERMEN STORM IN TO SNATCH BBC CONTRACT; Edgar and Kettley's
- TWO of Britain's best-known TV weathermen are taking on their former bosses for a pounds 200,000 BBC contract. John Kettley, 48, and Richard Edgar, 45, both quit their pounds 50,000-a-year Met Office jobs recently. Now they are set to join an independent broadcasting service...
- Research articles 2001-04-15
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