This may not surprise a lot of people, but it seems the BBC News website is still the umber one news site in the UK, and remains ahead of the Mail Online. Thedatawas compiled for thePress Gazetteby UKOM/Nielsen, and is based on a survey of 50,000 people accessing news websites from work computers, so the figures will be lower than what are normally produced by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC)....
The BBC has announced it is to restructure its online offerings as its strives to deliver its public service mission, cutting its budget by 25% which could see as many as 200 of its websites closing as a result. Some of the sites set to close include 606, Video Nation, h2g2 and the BBC iPlayer message board, as the BBC seeks to centre its offerings around five major product groupings; News, sport and weather, iPlayer and TV, radio and music, children’s and learning and knowledge....
Following the BBC’s announcement it was to cut its spending by 20 percent in the next five years, the broadcasting giant is set to cut more than 2,000 jobs from its 18,000 strong workforce and is the first such action since the company made an agreement with the government last year. The Financial Times reportsthat the BBC will not have to close any of its services, calming fears that a the corporation would have to take action over its television channels BBC2 and BBC4....
The BBC is currently working on app that will provide its field reporters with tools to file video, stills and audio into the BBC’s own systems from an iPhone or iPad, reportsJournalism.co.uk. The iOS application is expected to go live in the coming month, providing reporters with the the ability to broadcast live video from their devices using 3G or WiFi networks. With networks increasingly looking to Skype to broadcast reports on a quick deadline, the BBC sees the use of mobile devices as a “logical extension of what [it] can do already” but notes that the platform will be a “significant development”....
The BBC is producing a newDoctor WhoAdventure Game calledThe Gunpowder Plot, featuring a cast including Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill and Ralf Little, who’s playing the role ofGuy Fawkes. Guy Fawkes was part of a group of English Catholics who planned to blow up the House of Parliament over 400 years ago. The plan had been to assassinate King James I and restore a Catholic King or Queen to the throne, and the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605 is still celebrated today across the UK....
