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Windows Phone gets more iPlayer - BBC Radio Player Pro - Exclusive First Look Video

By robert brand, Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:21 am

Igneous Software, not content with making their excellent BBC Podcast Lounge are surely striving for greatness with their upcoming launch of the BBC Radio Player. We had previously reported on their plans but were finally able to get hands on demo of it at last night’s Windows Phone User Group (WPUG).

The new player will improve on the previous version in a number of ways. The UI has been updated to closely follow that of the official apps on other platforms. Igneous have taken great care to replicate the colours and visual cues from the iPlayer whilst taking advantage of Metro’s inherent slick delivery of typography and graphics.

Developer Interview: Richard Castle from Igneous Software

Windows Phone News

By Rich Edmonds, Saturday, Mar 31, 2012 at 5:22 pm

This week we've had the pleasure in being joined by Richard Castle of Igneous Software, the brains behind the BBC Radio apps and upcoming BBC Podcast Lounge. As well as a solution for BBC radio streaming, the Podcast Lounge offers Windows Phone users Metro-influenced access to the BBC catalogue of programs. Castle walks us through his background in software development and how he started up the covered projects.

Head on past the break for the full interview.