27 Jul 2007
| by Ellen Bennett
LONDON - The BBC's on-demand TV service, BBC iPlayer, went live today (Friday), allowing members...The service is currently in beta form, and the BBC said it will launch a full service later in the summer once further testing is complete. It also plans to make the service accessible via links from YouTube and other potential distribution partners later in the year. The BBC is also working with Virgin ...
06 Feb 2007
| by Media Week
Advertisers have welcomed the BBC Trust's decision to amend plans for the launch of its iPlayer on...Last week, in the first ruling under the BBC's new regulatory system,
the Trust revealed the provisional conclusions of its Public Value Test
into the impact of the video-on-demand service. Some commercial players fear the iPlayer will give the BBC dominance in
the emerging market. Among proposed ...
27 Jun 2007
| by Gareth Thomas
LONDON - The BBC's on-demand TV service, BBC iPlayer, is launching on 27 July. The player...Vista. BBC director of future media technology Ashley Highfield said that the iPlayer would become ...
This is a significant moment, said director of BBC Vision Jana Bennett. It heralds a new era when viewers will have the freedom to watch programmes from the BBC s linear TV channels when they want ...
13 Nov 2009
| by Tristan O'Carroll
LONDON - The BBC and Nintendo UK have teamed up to launch a new version of the BBC iPlayer...First made available through the console in April 2008, BBC iPlayer will now be available as a dedicated ...
Channel is expected to be available from 18 November. Since BBC iPlayer launched on the Nintendo Wii, there have been 900,000 requests for TV and radio programmes. The new version of BBC iPlayer for Wii has ...
07 Aug 2007
| by Andrew McCormick
A series of technical failures last week left much of the BBC's digital programming inaccessible...A week on from the long-awaited launch of the BBC iPlayer - the new web
service that allows ...
initiated in the four sections of
the BBC's iPlayer website dedicated to issues and suggestions. The
number ...
are
going unanswered for up to five days. The BBC said more than 100,000
have signed-up to use the iPlayer ...
07 Aug 2007
| by Andrew McCormick
LONDON - A series of technical failures last week left much of the BBC's digital programming...A week on from the long-awaited launch of the BBC iPlayer the new web service that allows ...
initiated in the four sections of the BBC s iPlayer website dedicated to issues and suggestions. The number ...
are going unanswered for up to five days. The BBC said more than 100,000 have signed-up to use the iPlayer ...
30 Apr 2008
| by Fiona Ramsay
LONDON - BBC iPlayer has today been launched on Virgin Media's cable TV platform, following its.... This includes programmes from the BBC, Channel 4 and pay TV channels Bravo and Living. BBC iPlayer on Virgin Media allows viewers to catch-up on 350 hours of BBC TV programmes from the past seven days. Virgin Media is the first TV platform in the UK to host the iPlayer service. The BBC said it was currently ...
09 Apr 2008
| by Tristan O'Carroll
LONDON - The BBC has struck a deal with gaming giant Nintendo to make its video-on-demand service...of the availability of the iPlayer service. Existing Wii owners will then be able to access BBC iPlayer via ...
of recent uptake for the iPlayer. In March, more than 17.2 million requests to download or stream BBC ...
The deal is the latest move by the public broadcaster to make the iPlayer available on multiple ...
28 Feb 2008
| by Andrew McCormick
LONDON - Blinkx, the video search engine, has partnered with the BBC to make all iPlayer content...The partnership will enable people searching on Blinkx to access BBC shows such as Eastenders (pictured), Torchwood and Six Nations Rugby which are available on the BBC s video on demand service, iPlayer. Blinkx users will be able to view previews of BBC iPlayer content before clicking ...
27 Aug 2008
| by Fiona Ramsay
EDINBURGH - The BBC has unveiled plans to introduce "series stacking" to its iPlayer on...At the Edinburgh International TV Festival, Simon Nelson, BBC Vision controller of portfolio ...
stacking will extend across all BBC TV channels eventually. Highlights of the BBC's autumn schedule that users will be able to "series stack" include new BBC One dramas Merlin, Tess Of The D ...