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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 the BBC's approach to...
[08 Feb 2008]
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]
Comment This week readers are getting riled up by 'rip off' government outsourcing deals (with one reader demanding prison for the culpable scoundrel…), the latest in the BBC iPlayer vs ISP spat, and social networks clamping down on sex offenders.
[10 Apr 2008]
News BBC to meet open sourcers over iPlayer This article notes the uncomfortable position in which the BBC finds itself with its Microsoft-centric iPlayer. Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com?
[24 Jul 2007]
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 issues before a bigger marketing push is made in the autumn.
[27 Jul 2007]
News The BBC has announced its iPlayer online TV catch-up service is being made available for the Nintendo Wii. BBC iPlayer: Latest coverage BBC plugs iPlayer hack loophole BBC iPlayer lands on iPhone Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer...
[10 Apr 2008]
News The government has responded to an e-petition protesting against the way in which the BBC's iPlayer has been developed. The response from the Prime Minister's office said: "The BBC Trust made it a condition of approval for the BBC's on-demand...
[07 Sep 2007]
News The Open Source Consortium (OSC) is to meet with the BBC Trust - the broadcaster's independent governing body - to discuss concerns about a cross platform version of the Beeb's iPlayer.iPlayer is the BBC's online on-demand television service which...
[16 Jul 2007]
News The iPlayer, which is based on Microsoft's media player and DRM technology, is due to be launched on 27 July, and has already attracted controversy and criticism over the decision to use proprietary technology for a platform supposedly catering to...
[17 Jul 2007]
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 for the Prime Minster to...
[23 Jul 2007]
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 network, meaning not all content has to come...
[05 Mar 2008]
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 that iPlayer is a peer-to-peer system so that...
[16 Aug 2007]
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 critical of the BBC's decision to...
[17 Dec 2007]
News The BBC's iPlayer website saw a 14-fold increase in traffic during the festive period. Since its launch, iPlayer has attracted criticism as the download version was only available on Microsoft's Windows XP.
[10 Jan 2008]
News The BBC's on-demand TV service, iPlayer, has been launched to further boost the Beeb's efforts to embrace the internet and meet the growing clamour for television on demand. Cheat Sheets Web 2.0 Mash-ups iPlayer will allow users...
[27 Jun 2007]
News The BBC's iPlayer on-demand TV service has been given the green light, allowing viewers to download their favourite Beeb programmes in the near future. Diane Coyle, BBC Trustee and chair of the Trust's PVT steering group, said the consultation...
[30 Apr 2007]
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 download service for Windows XP, despite the BBC...
[19 Oct 2007]
Comment The BBC should close the iPlayer Service with immediate effect until it can provide the service for the other platforms. BBC iPlayer row: The government speaks What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week?
[13 Sep 2007]
Comment I'd uploaded about 1.4GB over the weekend that was due to the iPlayer. BBC iPlayer sparks broadband row What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the...
[16 Aug 2007]
News More than 3.5 million BBC programmes have been watched using the BBC's online on-demand iPlayer TV service during the fortnight after Christmas Day. The programmes were watched by more than one million visitors using the iPlayer during the same...
[15 Jan 2008]
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