Posts Tagged bbc
News: 500m Facebook sign-ups
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on July 22, 2010
Leading social network Facebook has reached 500 million users. 100 million of these arrived in the last year, and 26 million of the total userbase is based in the UK. Former rival MySpace now sits at 65 million users, while estimates put Twitter at 200 million, according to the BBC
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News: Nintendo hardware "has declined"
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on July 16, 2010
Nintendo UK general manager David Yarnton has admitted to Radio 4 that the company’s hardware sales have “declined,” holding the recession partially to blame.
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Article: Nintendo worried by global currency fluctuation
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on June 21, 2010
The banking crisis affecting the world’s economy has cast doubt on Nintendo’s profits. Speaking to the BBC, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata admitted the current financial climate was having an effect, despite the company’s shares rising from ¥21,590 (£159) in January to ¥28,740 (£212) in June
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News: Apple bans thousands of adult apps from Store
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on February 23, 2010
Apple has made the decision to ban thousands of apps containing adult content from the App Store, prompting fury from developers who say the company is ruining livelihoods and exercising double standards. The BBC reports that thousands of apps with adult-themed content have been removed from the store since Friday – a move that, according to Apple, came about as a result of complaints from parents. “It came to the point where we were getting customer complaints from women who found the content getting too degrading and objectionable, as well as parents who were upset with what their kids were able to see,” Philip Schiller, head of worldwide product marketing at Apple, told The New York Times.
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News: BBC hires ex-EA exec as EVP of digital entertainment
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on January 22, 2010
BBC Worldwide has announced the appointment of former EA executive Robert Nashak to the role of EVP of digital entertainment.
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Ivor Novello awards to recognize music from video games
Posted by Game Mania in Joystiq on January 19, 2010
Get out those SAT skills! The Ivor Novello awards : Grammys :: The SAG awards : Oscars. They’re the smarter, more peer-reviewed way for the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors to reward excellent songwriting and composing. And as the BBC reports, for the first time, it’ll be honoring video game music
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Wii iPlayer Channel Unveiled
Posted by Game Mania in edge-online.com on November 13, 2009
Nintendo and BBC will launch dedicated channel for on-demand TV and radio content with improved features on November 18. The new version of the service, which has been available to Wii through its Internet Channel since April 2008, will feature improvements including a full-screen interface.
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