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RSS iplayer on-demandBeeb appoints new iPlayer chief
News Huggers will have responsibility for Auntie's iPlayer and other online output, along with the likes of interactive TV and mobile. Announcing the appointment, BBC director-general Mark Thompson said in a statement: "Erik has been a very strong group... [18 Jul 2008]
BBC takes wraps off iPlayer 2.0
News The BBC's iPlayer on-demand TV service has undergone a major facelift designed to make it more appealing and easier to use. BBC iPlayer: Latest coverage BBC plugs iPlayer hack loophole BBC iPlayer lands on iPhone Cheat... [25 Jun 2008]
BBC iPlayer hits 75 million downloads
News The BBC iPlayer online on demand TV service has hit 75 million in streamed or downloaded programmes since it launched last year. According to BBC figures, iPlayer enjoyed another month of growth in April with around 21 million programme requests... [20 May 2008]
Virgin Media to ramp up capacity on core network
News The trend for online video content and popular bandwidth-heavy apps - such as the BBC's iPlayer - has led to concerns among ISPs their infrastructure will soon be creaking under the strain. Our strategic suppliers have demonstrated very clearly how... [09 May 2008]
Carphone Warehouse plans broadband boost
News Bandwidth-draining apps such as the BBC iPlayer may also be causing ISPs to scratch their heads over their broadband strategies, he added. But keeping up with other UK broadband players such as O2 - which Fogg said has recently started heavily... [09 May 2008]
iPlayer loses its Virgin-ity
News The BBC iPlayer is now available on Virgin Media's cable service, further expanding the availability of the on-demand TV service. This is the first time iPlayer has been available on a TV platform and will bring full quality BBC programmes to the... [30 Apr 2008]
Yahoo! reports positive profits - Microsoft unconcerned
News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets… Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer Galileo CRM Biometrics stuck to its forecast for sluggish 2008 revenue growth of between three and 15 per cent... [23 Apr 2008]
BBC's Highfield hops off to Kangaroo
News BBC iPlayer: Latest coverage BBC plugs iPlayer hack loophole BBC iPlayer lands on iPhone Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer BBC iPlayer gets 3.5 million hits Open sourcers welcome BBC iPlayer for Linux diams... [15 Apr 2008]
BBC hits back at ISPs over iPlayer usage
News He said: "All on-demand TV boats are rising on the BBC iPlayer tide. BBC iPlayer: Latest coverage ¦ BBC plugs iPlayer hack loophole ¦ BBC iPlayer lands on iPhone ¦ Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer ¦ BBC iPlayer gets 3.5 million hits ... [04 Apr 2008]
BBC iPlayer lands on iPhone
News The BBC's online on-demand TV service iPlayer is now available to use on Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch. Writing on the BBC blog this morning the BBC's head of digital media technologies, Anthony Rose, said today was a big day for iPlayer as it's... [07 Mar 2008]
Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer
Cheat Sheet Not quite.iPlayer is actually the BBC's online on-demand TV service. The first is that when the download version of iPlayer initially came out, it only worked on Microsoft Windows XP. iPlayer uses peer-to-peer technology for the download service... [05 Mar 2008]
BBC iPlayer continues to soar with 17 million downloads
News The BBC's online on-demand TV service, iPlayer, continues to go from strength to strength, with 17 million programmes being downloaded or streamed in the past seven weeks.iPlayer received its full marketing launch on Christmas Day last year after... [20 Feb 2008]
BBC signs up with iTunes
News Other shows will be available once they've been shown on BBC iPlayer. BBC iPlayer: all the coverage BBC signs up with iTunes BBC's iPlayer is go BBC iPlayer sparks broadband row 16,000 back iPlayer petition... [19 Feb 2008]
Stories of the month - January 2008
News The BBC's online on-demand iPlayer for watching TV on the web had a good Christmas with 3.5 million hits but this sparked a debate about whether ISPs can cope with the increased bandwidth consumption, with speculation that content providers such... [30 Jan 2008]
Is online TV throttling broadband networks?
News Specifically the recent surge of interest in the BBC's iPlayer online on-demand TV service raised this issue following a massive 3.5 million programmes being streamed or downloaded in the two weeks following its marketing launch alone. [28 Jan 2008]
