[ad_1] Surfbort’s Friendship Music Christine FisherContributing writer Surfbort is the music the world needs right now: screaming about anxiety attacks, plastic in the ocean and Trump’s tweets. There’s a chance you’ve heard of the four-person, Brooklyn-based group. It’s been around since 2015, played SXSW a few times and has been called “one of New York’s […]
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Surfbort and ‘Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review’
[ad_1] Surfbort – Friendship Music Christine FisherContributing Writer Surfbort is the music the world needs right now: screaming about anxiety attacks, plastic in the ocean and Trump’s tweets. There’s a chance you’ve heard of the four-person, Brooklyn-based group. They’ve been around since 2015, played SXSW a few times and have been called “one of New […]
The BBC is developing its own voice assistant called ‘Beeb’
[ad_1] This problem is being tackled by the BBC, which is preparing to launch its own voice assistant. As reported in The Guardian, the BBC has pledged that its upcoming assistant will be able to understand regional British accents. The “Beeb” voice assistant will not come with its own hardware like an Amazon Echo or […]
BBC to pull all radio services from TuneIn UK
[ad_1] TuneIn indicated that it couldn’t meet the BBC’s specific demands for its listeners. “This change is driven primarily by the BBC’s efforts to standardize how listeners in the UK access BBC stations, which unfortunately, is something we are unable to accommodate at this time,” stated the streaming service in a press release. According to […]
BBC and ITV streaming service BritBox is finally coming to the UK
[ad_1] At launch, BritBox will host “thousands of hours of the nation’s favorite content from ITV and the BBC,” including plenty of archive material. In addition, recently-broadcast shows will be available on a catch-up basis, and BritBox’s own TV series will begin filtering through in 2020. What’s not clear is how BritBox will work with […]
Apple may be working with the BBC on a comedy-drama series
[ad_1] The pair are working together on an eight-part comedy-drama series called Alabama, according to Chortle. Production on the series is said to be underway, though plot details haven’t emerged as yet. Written by Andy Wolton, who has worked on satirical panel show Mock The Week, Alabama stars Imelda Staunton of Harry Potter fame. Catastrophe […]
The Edge of Time’ in VR this September
[ad_1] In The Edge of Time, the Doctor — played and voiced by Jodie Whittaker — is hurled to the end of the universe, and a virus threatens to rip apart reality. Players will have to solve mind-bending puzzles and defeat new and classic monsters. Equipped with the Sonic Screwdriver, players will be able to […]
BBC releases free ‘Doctor Who’ VR short
[ad_1] The 13-minute film is available for free on the Oculus Store and Vive Port for use with the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. Both Oculus Go and Gear VR owners can head to the BBC VR app to download a 360 degree video version, that has a shorter runtime of 11 minutes. For those […]
BBC Music is available in the US, but only on the web
[ad_1] BBC Music will soon add content produced in the US, too. “There’s a huge amount of great music being produced in the US right now, and we’re excited to help connect those artists to our vast, music-hungry audience,” said Simon Frantz, the BBC’s US features managing editor. The BBC Music app, which launched in […]
Star Wars and ‘Keeping the Rave Alive’
[ad_1] Keeping the Rave Alive James TrewManaging Editor In 1994, much to my parents’ dismay, I discovered Gabber — a noisy, anarchic genre of dance music that will test most people’s limits (and eardrums). Decades later, I am pleased to say that my folks were wrong: I neither “grew out of it” nor did it […]