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BoB - On demand TV & radio for education (Learning on Screen): About

What is BoB?

BoB is Learning on Screen’s on demand TV and radio service for education that lets you record and view TV and radio online from over 65 free-to-air channels including an archive of over 2 million programmes. View on campus or at home (UK only).

BoB is available to staff, students and researchers at member universities and colleges across the UK.

Key features:

  • Access 2 million broadcasts dating back to the 1990s
  • Record from over 65 free-to-air channels
  • Create playlists, clips and clip compilations
  • Search programme transcripts and subtitles
  • Available on all devices

Browsers

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In order to use BoB you need to have a modern browser installed:

  • Internet Explorer 11 (or later)
  • Edge 12 (or later)
  • Mozilla Firefox 44 (or later)
  • Safari 8 (or later)
  • Google Chrome 48 (or later)

 

Earlier versions of these browsers may work with BoB but are not supported.

Help is just a click away

If you need help finding books and information, have a question about using the library, or would like to arrange a chat with a library adviser: click below to Ask A Librarian or e-mail us: libraries@nptcgroup.ac.uk.  

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Accessing BoB

You can access BoB by clicking on the icon below or via the library moodle page.

BoB Login Button

The first time you log in you will need to verify your account. To do this enter your college email address and agree to the terms and conditions of use.

If you have any problems logging in, please contact us.

The ERA licence and BoB

The College's ERA (Education Recording Agency) licence permits registered users to record off-air broadcasts by ERA's members (including the main terrestrial channels), for non-commercial educational purposes.

 

 

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