08 Apr 2008
| by Steve Eltringham, Creative Director, WAA
Pigs might fly! Why not? Penguins can. It is true - after days of filming, the BBC caught on camera...'t be on your TV any time soon. Instead, the BBC has executed a slick stunt to promote its iPlayer
service ...
the BBC, with authentically high production
values that had me fished in. The iPlayer end line, 'Making ...
of Evolution natural history series on BBC
Breakfast. It certainly grabbed my attention. But here's the rub ...
05 Nov 2010
| by Ed Owen
BBC iPlayer has launched a free app for BlackBerry smartphones enabling users to catch up...Like its big brother the BBC iPlayer, the app will only work in the UK.
The app is compatible with the Storm 2, Bold 9700 and Torch 9800 smartphones and was developed by Media Application Technologies ...
, which launched this week .
The launch follows iPlayer apps for both Apple and Windows mobile ...
13 Mar 2008
| by Jacquie Bowser
LONDON - The BBC has been forced to alter its online iPlayer after hackers found a loophole in its...The iPlayer service, which lets viewers watch or download BBC programmes from the internet ...
programmes on BBC iPlayer. Like other broadcasters, the security of rights-protected content online ...
to monitor. The iPlayer service has been gaining rave reviews since it launched last year. The BBC claims ...
07 Nov 2008
| by Alison Donnelly
LONDON - BBC is planning to expand its iPlayer service internationnally and open up the technology...distribution, the BBC's director of future media and technology, Erik Huggers, said that he would like to unblock the access to the iPlayer for international users. The internet is, by definition, a global medium, yet today we are artificially blocking international access to the iPlayer. That's a problem ...
19 Dec 2008
| by Dan Leahul
LONDON - BBC is launching a children's version of the BBC iPlayer, allowing on-demand access...Kids can access the BBC iPlayer through the CBBC website and will be able to view programmes up ...
as 'series catch-ups'. Following a soft launch of the new service, the BBC iPlayer for CBBC ...
services will restrict access to non-children's programming on the BBC iPlayer's main platform. To date ...
25 May 2010
| by Arif Durrani
LONDON - Two years since its launch, reaction to the BBC's on-demand iPlayer service has been...claiming to have used the iPlayer. Looking ahead, the BBC needs to ensure that it continues to meet ...
. The most requested BBC iPlayer shows included Sport Relief 2010, Mock the Week and Wonders of the Solar ...
The review found that the iPlayer has performed in line with its usage expectations ...
05 Aug 2008
The BBC's iPlayer is believed to have been a key driver, with 56% of
those surveyed saying they had watched non-subscription video content
online in the past 12 months. Improved image quality also played its part, with 73% saying they were
satisfied with it. Channel 4's 4oD service was cited ...
07 Jan 2009
| by Nikki Sandison
LONDON - The BBC iPlayer has delivered record end-of-year figures with 41m requests to view BBC...One delivered 17 out of the top 20 programmes on BBC iPlayer and 9 out of 10 on traditional TV ...
, director of BBC Future Media Technology, said: "This confirms that 2008 was the year of the BBC iPlayer ...
for Mac and Linux users, and a special version of BBC iPlayer for CBBC -- and the innovation will continue ...
06 Feb 2008
| by Jacquie Bowser
, according to a report, which says the market has been boosted by the arrival of the BBC iPlayer....consumption after a surge in usage of the BBC s iPlayer catch-up service. The media analyst reported that UK ...
-based streaming. The BBC switched its iPlayer service to an open access web-streaming model last year, which ...
such as Bebo , MySpace , YouTube and Joost . It is expected that the success of the BBC s iPlayer open ...
07 May 2008
BBC iPlayer has launched on Virgin Media, allowing the platform's 3.5m viewers to catch up