Freeview TV, permanent programme recordings and the BBC digital archive are available from July 1st.<\/p>\n
Bob National, a TV recording service, is available for all Staff and students from July 1st 2014 making more than 1 million TV programmes instantly available to watch.<\/p>\n
The service, which is used by a number of other UK institutions, share a large TV recording infrastructure, meaning that if any member of any other institution has recorded a programme in the past it is available to you permanently.<\/p>\n
The channels on the right are available to record up to 7 day in advance, and you can still record a programme up to 30 days after it airs. Any BBC programme since 2007 can be requested.<\/p>\n
Other features include
\n\u2022 Accessibility: Subtitles are available on nearly all programmes, and longer programmes can be searched by the words spoken within them
\n\u2022 Clips: No need to search through a programme, create your own clips (or find clips others have made) and show students the specific extract you want them to see
\n\u2022 UK Wide: The service is available on and off campus
\n\u2022 Mobile friendly: Watch all the programmes on Bob National on PC, Mobile or Tablet
\n\u2022 Shared: Only one person from any subscribing institution needs to request a programme be recorded for it to be available to all
\n\u2022 No adverts: No pre-roll adverts are inserted, making the service easier to use than ITV Player, 4OD or Demand Five
\n\u2022 Non-English channels: 10 non-English TV channels in 5 different languages are available (Welsh, Gaelic, French, German and Italian)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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