Posts Tagged ‘ BBC ’

Accessing BBC iPlayer From Anywhere

Accessing BBC iPlayer From Anywhere

Are you sick and tired of the BBC America's abridged/edited/censored versions of selected BBC programming. Would you like to have access to all television programming in the UK? Have you been patiently waiting for the BBC International iPlayer. What does BBC have to say about an international version?

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Now Playing – Television Internet Only Part I

Finally, after all this beta testing, Hulu is now open. I was beta testing, and the content, well, sucks.  I am not interested in clips, I can get that on Youtube. I am still looking for a BBC iplayer for the Networks. BBC iplayer has video of all their programming available online on a seven (7) day catch-up television, with an option of 30 days watching after downloaded to computer. During the beta testing I kept reminding myself that it is only testing. But now that it is live, I have hopes that content will grow. Yes, yes, there...

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Its Not Your Fault, So Laugh Anyway

Its Not Your Fault, So Laugh Anyway

You are a US Citizen and you do not have a proper sense of humor. Don’t worry, it’s not your fault. After studying 2,000 pairs of British twins and 500 pairs of Americans, researchers at the University of Western Ontario in Canada â’“ not a nation famed for its home-grown jokes â’“ concluded that humour lies in the genes. Both nations, the researchers found, liked positive humour, but only the British appreciated sarcasm, self-deprecation, teasing and ridicule, and the less pleasing aspects of racist or sexist humour. Television humour in Britain is more biting, whereas in North America it...

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