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February 16, 2010 in News Roundup
The third episode of the BBC2 series Virtual Revolution finally fulfills the expectations set by the ambitious theme of the programme.
‘The Cost of Free’ examines the seemingly free nature of the web, weighing it against issues of privacy.
The introduction period of the series is clearly over and the third part manages to present interesting views and some real debate between the interviewees.
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February 9, 2010 in News Roundup
The second part of the BBC2 series takes the viewers deeper into the world of the internet.
Titled ‘Enemy of the State?’, the episode focuses on the huge power the web hands to its users and weighs that against the dangers and responsibilities that come with the power. Although, “weighs” might be wrong word as the programme is still mostly presenting issues rather than analysing them in detail.
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February 2, 2010 in News Roundup
BBC rounds up the development of the World Wide Web
The new BBC2 series, that aired its first episode on 30 January, manages to raise some interesting points but provides little we haven’t heard before.
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January 19, 2010 in News Roundup
The BBC, in partnership with the British Museum, is launching a large-scale “digital museum” to promote the upcoming BBC Radio 4 series “A History of the World in 100 Objects”, Campaignlive.co.uk reports.
Created by GT, the campaign features a “History of the World” site, which showcases a number of artefacts included in the radio series, that users are able to interact with.
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October 12, 2009 in News Roundup, Uncategorized
Like many media companies, the BBC already uses a cloud-like network of 48,000 servers run by Akamai. These cache and distribute content around the world from a server as close to the end user as possible. Tod Paoletti, director of product marketing at Akamai, believes that what he calls the company’s ‘cloud overlay’ will become more popular as video streaming goes to high definition.
“You need to be as close to the end user as possible for them to have a good experience, particularly of massive events such as President Obama’s inauguration speech, which saw the greatest demand on our network ever,” Paoletti says. “With the recent March Madness college basketball games, four in five viewers went for highdefinition. Media companies will struggle if they don’t move beyond their own servers in just one or two locations.”
