69.3 million requests to watch iPlayer programmes were made during the week commencing 26th December 2016, more than any other week in BBC iPlayer’s history. December was also BBC iPlayer’s best month ever, seeing 281 million requests across the month. … Continue reading →
International rollout of BBC iPlayer Radio app The BBC has launched an international BBC iPlayer Radio app in the Republic of Ireland, the first stage of its global roll-out. Available in the UK since 2012, the free BBC iPlayer Radio … Continue reading →
Catch Up and On Demand on a Sky+HD Digibox in Spain If you try to use the UK TV iPlayer Catch-up TV services on a Freesat set top box or a Sky+HD digibox in Spain from a country other than … Continue reading →
BBC Top Gear tops Christmas Iplayer Downloads Top Gear toppled Doctor Who from the top of the BBC’s iPlayer Christmas charts as on-demand viewing continued to boom, up 25% year on year. There were more than 2m requests to view … Continue reading →
Viewers were prevented from watching their favourite BBC shows online for more than 24 hours over the weekend, when the corporation’s popular iPlayer video-on-demand service was hit by a technical glitch. The problems began on Saturday morning and continued into … Continue reading →
The BBC plans to increase the seven-day viewing period for iPlayer to 30 days as standard, according to Dan Taylor, head of iPlayer. It also plans to introduce new channels and a Radio 1 video version and is looking to … Continue reading →