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Blocked: BBC plan to share iPlayer with rivals
News The BBC Trust has rejected a proposal that would allow UK broadcasters such as Channel 4, ITV and Five to share the BBC's iPlayer technology. The BBC Trust, the body that oversees the BBC, announced yesterday it thought... [21 Oct 2009]
BBC iPlayer gets ready to go Worldwide
News BBC Worldwide has confirmed it wants to launch an iPlayer-style paid-for video platform, allowing viewers overseas access to BBC content on-demand. The BBC's iPlayer video-on-demand service, which first... [12 Oct 2009]
Erik Huggers
AS Profile His main achievement so far has been to oversee the huge growth of iPlayer, something which some experts feel is largely to do with him pushing the streaming model over downloading. Talking to silicon.com earlier this... [29 Sep 2009]
Ashley Highfield
AS Profile But Highfield's achievements when he was director of the BBC's Future Media and Technology division - which culminated in the launch of the now wildly successful iPlayer - means he remains someone that the tech industry... [29 Sep 2009]
Photos: BT previews superfast fibre broadband... in Muswell Hill
Photo He then starts a video from iPlayer which fails to play without buffering owing to the background demands being put on the line. BT has opened a new high street shop to promote fibre broadband in London's Muswell Hill -... [17 Sep 2009]
Rural Britain needs faster, more reliable broadband
Comment Haven't farmers got better things to do than downloading Countryfile and The Archers from iPlayer? So why are rural areas being left behind? UK industry was brought to its knees by the miners' strikes and power brownouts... [04 Aug 2009]
BBC is taking tech seriously, so give it a break!
Comment BBC iPlayer as it looks now, two years after its initial launch Just think, if the BBC had waited until it had developed iPlayer for all of these platforms, the launch would have been delayed for quite... [31 Jul 2009]
Revealed: What counts as normal broadband in Britain?
News Parker also noted that "downloading and streaming through sites like iPlayer and Spotify mean that people are hungry for more bandwidth". On Tuesday, Ofcom published the final version of its report into fixed broadband... [28 Jul 2009]
Kangaroo tech jumps into Arqiva's hands
News It now seems that the money invested in developing the tech will not have been wasted and UK consumers could soon see a new rival to BBC iPlayer. Broadcast infrastructure operator Arqiva is to acquire the technology... [23 Jul 2009]
BBC's iPlayer is mobile's most wanted
News Auntie's iPlayer is the most desired mobile service among young UK consumers, a new survey has found. The BBC's iPlayer, the corporation's online on-demand TV service, came out as the most desired mobile... [13 Jul 2009]
Apple bonanza, crime breathalysers and broadband tax
News Moving away from the Apple roadshow, BT revealed this month that it had throttled download speeds for BBC iPlayer and called for content providers to take on more of the costs for provisioning content. [02 Jul 2009]
Cheat sheet: Project Canvas
Cheat Sheet Likewise, the ITV equivalent of iPlayer, known as ITV Player, will also be available on Canvas with other services likely to follow. But can't you get iPlayer on TV already? Well the success of the BBC's... [23 Jun 2009]
BT calls for end of 'free ride' for BBC's iPlayer
News Internet service provider BT has admitted to throttling provision of the BBC iPlayer, and has called for content providers to shoulder some of the costs of content provision. Last week BT was accused of limiting download... [12 Jun 2009]
Shocking iPods, netbooks and an offshoring backlash
News Also popular on the site this month: news that Google is to get on its bike to extend the reach of its 360-degree Street View service, and more rumblings about Auntie's iPlayer and the licence fee. Broadband Britain was... [01 Jun 2009]
BBC, Google in talks over international iPlayer?
News Could an international version of iPlayer be on the cards? While the two organisations have had a partnership since early 2007 when official BBC clips were first uploaded to Google's video-sharing site YouTube, both the... [29 May 2009]
