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Olympics are coming, and with it BBC News. Guardian Newspaper is reporting that Chinese authorities stopped blocking BBC News in English. The BBC website in Chinese is still blocked, but many find ways around the blocs. China has 210 million citizens with internet access, but most do not speak English.

But this is not an end to Chinese censorship. Last week, Guardian reports, China blocked all foreign coverage of disturbance in Tibet. Yahoo, Guardian and YouTube were all affected. Guardian described it as a “deliberate act of unacceptable censorship.”

Even though, censorship is still strong, but allowing Chinese citizens to access BBC is a small step in the right direction.

Long Tail of BBC through iPhone

BBC had struck a partnership with iPhone to make its iPlayer TV content available on iPhone. The service offers on-demand shows, which aired within the last seven days. The service is still for UK customers only.

Many others news and entertainment content providers are courting Apple. More on this to come…