iPlayer
RSS iPlayeriPlayer: Download version coming to Macs
News The download version of the BBC's iPlayer will be available for Mac users by the end of the year, according to director general, Mark Thompson. Thompson made the commitment in a blog posting responding to questions about... [08 Feb 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... [30 Apr 2008]
iPlayer smoking with a million per day
News The BBC's iPlayer web on-demand TV service saw its programme requests top more than a million per day last month. BBC iPlayer: Latest coverage BBC iPlayer downloads coming to Mac and... [04 Dec 2008]
'iPlayer users should pay their way': BBC tech boss
News People who only view BBC content through the Beeb's online video-on-demand service iPlayer should pay for the privilege, according to the broadcaster's tech chief. A loophole which allows those who only watch BBC... [20 May 2009]
iPlayer realises Mac and Linux download dream
News The download version of BBC iPlayer is now available for Mac and Linux users. The beta version is now available to members of the BBC iPlayer Labs testing group with a full rollout expected early next year. [19 Dec 2008]
ID cards, Oracle, iPlayer and how to save your job...
News Elsewhere on the site, BBC iPlayer was getting readers excited as news emerged that Auntie's independent regulator was suggesting tweaks may be needed to TV licence fee legislation - and iPlayer is to... [08 May 2009]
iPlayer reaches for the Sky
News BBC iPlayer is now accessible via BSkyB's online TV service, Sky Player. Sky Player now has several BBC-branded sections that include programme listings and links to iPlayer content, which redirect users... [20 Oct 2008]
iPlayer and chums coming to your set-top box and mobile
News Having conquered the PC world with one million requests per day, the BBC's iPlayer could soon be coming to your set-top box. Such a platform will mean the likes of BBC's iPlayer and ITV's newly rebranded... [11 Dec 2008]
iPlayer could force TV licence rethink
News New ways in which people are accessing television content - such as the BBC iPlayer - could force a rethink in how the TV licence is paid according to the BBC's independent regulator, the BBC Trust. BBC... [02 Apr 2009]
Drunk Facebook pics, iPlayer, BT and outsourcing hotspots
News If you look at iPlayer from a distance, it's still very web 1.0' Erik Huggers, director of the BBC's Future, Media and Technology unit talked to silicon.com about what's in store for the Beeb's online audio and video... [05 Mar 2009]
BBC's iPlayer comes to Macs and Linux
News A streaming version of the BBC's iPlayer online TV on-demand service has been launched for the Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. As well as iPlayer, an on-demand player including content from BBC... [14 Dec 2007]
Open sourcers welcome BBC iPlayer for Linux
News The Open Source Consortium (OSC) has welcomed the BBC's move to make its iPlayer online on-demand TV service available for streaming on operating systems other than Microsoft Windows. The OSC was one of the groups... [17 Dec 2007]
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... [07 Mar 2008]
BBC plugs iPlayer hack loophole
News The BBC has issued a fix for a loophole that allowed hackers to download unrestricted content from its iPlayer online TV service. BBC iPlayer: all the coverage ¦ Cheat Sheet: BBC... [13 Mar 2008]
Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer
Cheat Sheet Not quite.iPlayer is actually the BBC's online on-demand TV service. iPlayer uses peer-to-peer technology for the download service, allowing content to be downloaded from the nearest point in the... [05 Mar 2008]
