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News Tiscali claims that both the streaming and download versions of the BBC's iPlayer can create problems on its network. Virgin Media added that download services such as... [28 Jan 2008]
BBC iPlayer gets 3.5 million hits
News Since its summer beta launch, iPlayer attracted criticism as the download version was only available on Microsoft's Windows XP. More than 3.5 million BBC programmes have been watched using the BBC's... [15 Jan 2008]
BBC iPlayer gets Christmas bonus
News Since its launch, iPlayer has attracted criticism as the download version was only available on Microsoft's Windows XP. In an exclusive interview with silicon.com Ashley Highfield, the head of the BBC's... [10 Jan 2008]
Top 10 retail IT stories of the year
News BBC iPlayer has landed Auntie's on-demand TV service was released for public download in July in beta form. It hasn't exactly been a bumper year for conventional retail - soaring debt, an increasingly... [19 Dec 2007]
Open sourcers welcome BBC iPlayer for Linux
News The OSC was one of the groups critical of the BBC's decision to initially launch the download version of iPlayer for Windows XP only - although it recently also became compatible with Windows Vista.... [17 Dec 2007]
BBC's iPlayer comes to Macs and Linux
News The download version of iPlayer was only available for Windows XP when it was released in beta form during the summer. A streaming version of the BBC's iPlayer online TV on-demand... [14 Dec 2007]
Podcast: The Weekly Round-Up 02.11.07
Round-Up Podcast The end of cash, the BBC's iPlayer, Cliff Richard goes download and Facebook for the over-50s are all discussed in the latest Weekly Round-Up podcast. Steve Ranger hosts and is joined in the studio by... [02 Nov 2007]
BBC tech chief hits back at iPlayer critics
News The BBC has hit back at criticisms from the Mac and open source communities over the iPlayer only being available for Microsoft's Windows XP platform. The BBC launched the iPlayer in July this year for... [30 Oct 2007]
Q&A: Ashley Highfield, head of BBC's Future Media and Technology unit
Comment As head of the BBC's Future Media and Technology unit Ashley Highfield, one of this year's silicon.com Agenda Setters, is responsible for dragging the Beeb into the digital age through initiatives such as the iPlayer. [30 Oct 2007]
Leader: Why the BBC must do more with iPlayer
Leader The BBC is in the process of developing a video streaming version of iPlayer, its online on-demand TV service, for both Windows XP and non-XP platforms.iPlayer is currently only available as a... [19 Oct 2007]
Ashley Highfield
AS Profile His most notable achievement this year is the long-awaited launch of the BBC's iPlayer, which allows viewers to download Beeb programmes up to seven days after transmission and then watch them for up to... [12 Oct 2007]
Leader: BBC iPlayer broadband row - who's really to blame
Leader Claims by ISPs that the BBC should fund the extra bandwidth needed by users that want to download content from its online TV service iPlayer seems a little out of touch. The specific issue seems to be... [16 Aug 2007]
BBC iPlayer has landed
News The BBC's online, on-demand TV iPlayer was released for public download today following its launch a month ago. The BBC is requesting feedback from early iPlayer users to iron out any... [27 Jul 2007]
We want iPlayer for Linux and Mac fans, says BBC Trust
News The BBC and the Open Source Consortium (OSC) have met to discuss concerns surrounding the development of the corporation's iPlayer.iPlayer is the BBC's online on-demand television service, unveiled last... [25 Jul 2007]
BBC iPlayer petition hits 10,000
News More than 10,000 people have signed an e-petition on the 10 Downing Street website urging the BBC to make its iPlayer available to non-Windows users. At the time of writing, 10,006 people had signed the petition calling... [23 Jul 2007]
