This off-air recording and media archive service allows LSBU students/staff to watch, record and search for past and upcoming TV and radio programmes that can be accessed on/off campus from PCs, tablets or smartphones within the UK only.
Features:
Over 2 mio. programmes broadcast since the 1990s
All BBC, ITV and Channel4 channels as well as Freeview, e.g. Dave, Viva, Yesterday, Sky News
Foreign language TV channels, e.g. Al Jazeera
Programmes already in the archive can be watched immediately, and future programmes can be saved permanently in the BoB archive for repeated viewing
Watch any programme recorded by other users
Programmes remain available to record up to 30 days after being broadcast and recordings can be scheduled up to 7 days in advance
Create clips, make and share your own named playlists of programmes
Access subtitles for most TV programmes and rolling transcripts which make the spoken content searchable
Transcripts or visual thumbnails to jump to the section of a programme relevant to your research
Content can be embedded in the Moodle VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) and shared on social media