BBC and ISPs clash over iPlayer

"A row about who should pay for extra network costs incurred by the iPlayer has broken out between internet service providers (ISPs) and the BBC. ISPs say the on-demand TV service is putting strain on their networks, which need to be upgraded to cope.Ashley Highfield, head of...

All your audiences belong to the BBC

The BBC has joined with other UK broadcasters to offer a commercial portal to British television shows. The on-demand service, under the working title of Kangaroo, brings together the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. All...

Zimbabwe Journalist Arrested

Apparently, this trainee asked the wrong question and was detained. There is no word on whether the intern is still in detention. This is one of those arrests that it would be easy to forget, given the media prominence of the official Zimbabwean opposition and the chaos in...

Zimbabwe Opposition Chiefs Arrested

Robert Mugabe is the anti-Mandela. One of the heroes of the Rhodesian War and one of the fathers of independent Zimbabwe, he has turned into a despot, unwilling to let democracy take its course. His supposedly pro-Zimbabwean measures have reduced Zimbabwe's economy to ruins,...

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