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BBC iPlayer Comes to Mac and Linux Computers | ISP Bandwidth Solution Underway

The BBC iPlayer is widely regarded as a magnificent achievement and beacon on how to deliver high quality video streams over...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Kangaroo Is Dead – BBC iPlayer For All On Way | BBC, ITV, Channel 4 Launch Project Canvas

Kangaroo may be all but dead, but the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 aren’t giving up on their joint plans to...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Kangaroo Facing Evolution Or Death | Competition Commission Gives Verdict

Kangaroo, a British rival to the U.S. Hulu, is facing evolution or death after the Competition Commission refused to accept it...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

The Future Of The BBC iPlayer | True Multi-Platform Downloads and International Viewing

The BBC iPlayer is my favorite online TV service but that’s because I’m in the UK and use Windows. Thankfully there...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

BBC iPlayer For Nintendo Wii | PS3 Version On Way To Compliment iPhone, Virgin Media

The BBC iPlayer is fast becoming available on a huge range of products. The problem is, they all have to use...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Making Hulu, BBC iPlayer Worldwide | Is It Time To Overhaul Territorial Licensing?

The Internet is a truly global phenomenon, with every single country in the world being connected to the Web. But, due...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

BBC iPlayer Series Stacking | Top Shows To Stay Online For The Duration Of First Run

The BBC iPlayer continues to go from strength to strength. But the latest move is sure to annoy the already overstretched...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

High Quality BBC iPlayer On Way | H.264 & AAC+ Streams To Annoy ISPs Even More?

Will the switch to higher quality video streams on the BBC iPlayer cause ISPs to bitch and moan, or take action?...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Blinkx Remote | Find & Watch Free Episodes Of Your Favourite TV Programmes Online

The amount of officially sanctioned free television content on the Web is growing rapidly. The problem is: many people don’t yet...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Watch BBC1 Live Online & Pre-Book BBC TV Show Downloads | New iPlayer Features Coming

Big plans are rumoured to be afoot for the BBC’s online plans. Only a week after the new iPlayer 2.0 was...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Kangaroo Faces Competition Commission | Joint BBC, ITV & Channel 4 Venture Delayed

Way back in November last year, the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 jointly announced their plans for an online video on...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

BBC iPlayer 2.0 Arrives | New Features Galore For New Version Of Free TV Service

I’ve been a big fan of the BBC iPlayer ever since it first launched this time last year. And so it...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

BBC iPlayer Reaches 75 Million Downloads | Video On Demand Service Still Growing

The BBC iPlayer seems to be continuing its incredible pattern of growth since being relaunched last Christmas. The service has recently...
Dave Parrack
42 sec read

Online Streaming Growth In The UK Reaches Plateau | BBC iPlayer Still Massively Popular

Since the BBC iPlayer relaunched last Christmas, video on demand and streaming video usage has increased substantially in the UK, and...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

BBC iPlayer Comes To Virgin Media TV

Since it’s limited launch last year, and then it’s full public launch over Christmas, the BBC iPlayer has proved massively popular,...
Dave Parrack
47 sec read

BSkyB Chairman James Murdoch Attacks BBC iPlayer | Traditional Pay TV Vs. Web TV

The BBC iPlayer has surprised everyone, even the BBC itself, with the amount of viewers it has picked up since it’s...
Dave Parrack
43 sec read

The Man Behind BBC iPlayer Jumps To Kangaroo | Ashley Highfield Heads British Hulu

Ashley Highfield, BBC future media and technology director, and the man who has made the BBC iPlayer so successful in such...
Dave Parrack
43 sec read

BBC iPlayer Web TV Launches On Nintendo Wii Console | PS3, Xbox 360 To Follow Suit Soon?

The BBC iPlayer is the Web based television catch up service from the UK’s public broadcaster. Since launching last year, and...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Online Video Traffic Surges Massively In The UK | YouTube, BBC iPlayer Market Leaders

With most of the big players in the Web TV and streaming video industry being based in North America, read Google,...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

TVCatchup Suspends Services After Complaints From Broadcasters Such As BBC, ITV, Channel 4

An advertising funded broadband service which only launched fully at the beginning of January, has already been forced to suspend its...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

BBC iPlayer Increasing Popularity Of Online TV | 1.5 Billion Downloads Estimated For 2008

The BBC iPlayer is seemingly proving more popular than anyone could have predicted, with its success even prompting estimates for total...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

BBC iPlayer Notches Up 1 Million Viewers In 20 Days | British MPs Still Critical Of Inequality

The BBC iPlayer relaunched at the end of last year, with the British Broadcasting Corporation trying to iron out some of...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

BBC iPlayer Relaunch | Out Of Beta On Christmas Day – Now With Mac & Linux Support

It looks as though the BBC has listened to the criticisms levelled at it after it launched its iPlayer in July...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

BBC, ITV and Channel 4 Join Forces & Battle YouTube With ‘Kangaroo’ Online TV Service

It seems Britain’s three biggest broadcasters, namely the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4, want a slice of the increasingly popular online...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

BBC iPlayer Gets Questioned By UK Government | 16,000 People Strong Petition

When the BBC launched their new iPlayer, there was an outcry of opposition to the plans for it to be compatible...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

BBC iPlayer Popularity Causes UK ISPs Concern

It’s been reported that some of the UK’s major ISPs are threatening to shape network traffic generated by the BBC’s iPlayer...
Clayton Moulynox
31 sec read

BBC iPlayer Beta Launches Today | Service Criticised Over Reliability and Late Arrival

The iPlayer, the BBC’s new online TV service, launched last Friday offering users the chance to download and watch a selection...
Andrew Macarthy
53 sec read

BBC iPlayer Faces DRM Issues & Cross Platform Competition | iPlayer Waste of Time?

The BBC has used 4 years and a lot of money to develop an on demand video player that is out...
Cyndy Aleo-Carreira
1 min read

BBC iPlayer given the go-ahead | Would a DVR be better?

Back in January the BBC was given a provisional approval for the BBC iPlayer that would allow BBC TV shows to...
Chris Tew
1 min read

BBC iPlayer – BBC gives green light on Internet TV service

The BBC, which already offers a variety of on-demand TV shows and news, will soon be offering even more TV over...
Chris Tew
1 min read