![]() Keeping the red-button text services “would require significant technical effort and cost” he added, which would mean transferring money from other services. Read more: BBC unveils major revamp of iPlayerĮxplaining the changes in a BBC Blog, BBC CTO Matthew Postgate blamed “financial pressure and the continued need to spend the licence fee as effectively as possible” for scrapping some of the services.The connected TV service will bring over 80,000 hours of radio, music and podcasts from across the BBC. The app follows the launch of the BBC Sounds app for smartphones and devices, which launched last year. ![]() ![]() Instead, the BBC will launch a new connected TV app, called BBC Sounds. But the corporation said it will retire the latter two, as it carries out a revamp of iPlayer that was announced last month. ![]() Currently, the BBC offers three smart TV apps: BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport and BBC News. It also unveiled plans to consolidate the range of apps it offers on smart TVs. The Beeb said it will remove the text-based element of its red button service - which currently allows users to access text-based news and other information by pressing the red button on their TV remote control. The BBC has unveiled a number of changes to the interactive services it offers on UK TV which it is set to introduce next year.įrom the end of January 2020, the British broadcaster will make three significant changes to its interactive services on TV, accessed in the UK through the “red button” on TV remotes. Red button: BBC to revamp interactive services
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