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 ...
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 ...
18 Feb 2011
| by John Reynolds
The BBC is linking video on demand (VoD) listings for rival on-demand sites, such as ITV Player....com and MSN Video Player, directly from the BBC iPlayer website."
He said a search function will enable viewers to find non-BBC content from within the iPlayer, which links to the third-party playback site ...
The move by the BBC will be a boost for commercial rivals such as ITV, Channel Four and Channel ...
27 Jun 2007
| by Darren Davidson
LONDON - The BBC on-demand TV service, iPlayer, will launch next month, earlier than expected...The BBC previously said iPlayer was scheduled to launch in the autumn, but Ashley Highfield ...
to making it as easy as possible to use BBC iPlayer. Developing a version for Apple Macs and Microsoft Vista is absolutely on our critical path. Our vision is for BBC iPlayer to become a universal service available ...
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 ...
30 Apr 2008
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON - The BBC iPlayer has moved onto television and Virgin Media's 3.5m subscribers will be able...accessible by pressing the red button on any BBC channel. Programmes currently showing on the BBC iPlayer ...
-platform offering. He said: We have always envisaged BBC iPlayer on a TV platform and in the living room ...
Virgin s cable platform gives viewers the ability to access the BBC s seven-day catch ...
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 ...
14 Oct 2008
| by Staff
LONDON - The BBC has licensed digital rights management software in order to make iPlayer downloads...-day period set for iPlayer. Owners of Nokia's newest handset, the N96, have been the first to benefit from the ability to download iPlayer content, such as 'EastEnders' and 'Little Britain USA'. The BBC ...
of the broadcasting industry." However, Mac users are still waiting for the BBC to allow them to download iPlayer ...