February 18th, 2010 
fix Corporation to provide official uses, beginning in April, BBC News and BBC Sport contrasting the BBC announced a series of new programs, online services for mobile devices starting with the BBC News is now April. The BBC is also considering an application the day iPlayer later this year.
BBC Sport News will follow has its operation in May Both applications will be launched in the UK and an international version. In announcing the new mobile services today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, said the BBC director of future media and technology Erik Huggers: ‘It’s been 12 years since the launch of BBC online, but as the converging media and technology accelerates the license fee payers are increasingly using sophisticated handheld devices to access information.
They tell us they want access to digital services, they have a paid time and place that suits them. “A wide range of applications, unauthorized BBC are already available and very popular. The second app store GetJar, an unauthorized version of the BBC Mobile has been downloaded 110,032 times in January.
The official new applications, now the taxpayers a replacement license allows that cell phones become more powerful and easier to access and connectivity. In December, the official mobile site of the BBC pulled 1851000 Visitors. BBC NewsBBC News for mobile devices not only for users with breaking news updates with video and audio, they will also send comments and photos directly to the editors.
But the demo of the new application shows that the integration of the user is not as obvious as the BBC, CNN International rivals. Are the simple and intuitive navigation through the App BBC News online, perhaps already tested. “The most important structure used, a carousel, so you can quickly make up for the new pull the latest stories any way to search. You can also use the experience to save by changing the lines of your favorite news section at the top,” said David Madden media and technology in future mobile teams a blog post.
BBC News will be first on the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, follow the BlackBerry and Google Android operating system later this year. BBC Sport From the World Cup in South Africa, will focus on the sports app on the live game experience. The content that will be broadcast on BBC television for football fans and clips on demand for each goal scored in the tournament.
Users are also able, the contents of the BBC Radio 5 Live, live text comments from presenters and the BBC blogs access. The 2010/11 season of English football, Formula One and the coverage of other sports will be added later this year. While the British version of the app will be free spoart, the international version will be separated by BBC Worldwide and will be published in line with other international, BBC Worldwide, the advertising function.
As news organizations are responding, the BBC iPlayer is already optimized for mobile browsers, and for the App Store, Nokia Ovi, but? is expected to make other versions for other smartphones available to UK audiences only. While news organizations have their hopes for smartphone applications as a way to make revenue placed, the BBC will offer applications for free. recently, News Corporation, said James Murdoch, the “dominant” BBC threatens to independent journalism in the United Kingdom. If the office of the BBC for their mobile applications because of its license fee they already included?
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