Friday, July 13, 2012

BBC Launches iOS, Android Olympics Apps

 The two-week countdown to the Olympics is on, and the big broadcasters are getting their ducks in line for how they will be streaming, tweeting, sharing, and generally filling your digital life with their own twists on the global sporting event. The latest development comes from the BBC, which today released the iOS and Android versions of its Olympics apps featuring text commentaries, news updates and “medal moments.” There will be separate editions for the UK and the rest of the world: because the BBC only has rights to stream content in the UK, it will only be the UK version that will include streamed video; the international version, the BBC tells me, will only have links to clips on its website. But it will have localized content, using GEO IP targeting to deliver headlines for teams from whatever region you are in above all others.

Source: Tech Crunch

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