The BBC's Xmas cheer
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It took the BBC four years to launch the BBC iPlayer, an online television catch-up service, but the iPlayer still had problems like its clumsy interface and the insistence that a 24-second BBC1 trailer runs before the program. The BBC should organize its offerings in a more coherent fashion to help its end-users, and it should know which programs are demanded by viewers.
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 2008
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Gauntlet is thrown down
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The need for the Corporation to state its case convincingly is underlined in the proposal of David Elstein in the BBC, which may not bear much scrutiny. The report underlines the slightly uncomfortable idea that the BBC is the way it is as no one can think of anything better.
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 2004
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ITC takes its final bow
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Columnist presents her views on the Independent Television Commission's programme review and recent statements from Patricia Hodgson concerning the future of public service broadcasting.
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 2003
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