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BBC iPlayer
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BBC plans website cuts to fight FAANG
The BBC is planning to cut sections of its website to facilitate the user experience…
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BBC iPlayer sees live boost from World Cup
The BBC saw usage of its BBC iPlayer service grow by 19% year-on-year in July,…
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Ordeal by Innocence leads strong month for BBC iPlayer
Agatha Christie murder mystery Ordeal by Innocence was the most-watched programme on the BBC iPlayer…
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YouView data reveals changing UK TV usage habits
UK hybrid digital-terrestrial and IPTV platform YouView has unveiled the findings of analysis of viewer…
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BARB: Amazon now leading UK SVOD growth
Netflix was the slowest growing of the UK’s main SVOD services in last year, achieving…
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BBC to ‘reinvent the iPlayer’ in a bid to remain relevant to 16-34 year-olds
The BBC will focus on reinventing the iPlayer this year and making it more of…
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BBC reports ‘best month on record’ for iPlayer
The BBC reported a record 328 million programme requests on iPlayer in January, marking “the…
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Christmas cheer for record-breaking BBC iPlayer
The BBC’s on-demand service in the UK, BBC iPlayer, enjoyed a record week over Christmas,…
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Blue Planet II is BBC iPlayer’s top series of 2017
Big-ticket natural history series Blue Planet II is the most requested show on the iPlayer…
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BBC using new streaming tech to expand sports offering
The BBC is to make 1,000 extra hours of sport available on its online platforms…
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BBC extends Irish language and Ulster Scots content with new iPlayer portal
The BBC has launched a dedicated portal on the BBC iPlayer for Irish-language and Ulster-Scots…
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BBC iPlayer requests up in September
The BBC logged 239 million requests for TV programmes on the iPlayer in September, up…
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TV Licensing: 33,000 young people watching iPlayer illegally
More than 33,000 people aged 18 to 25 in the UK were caught watching live…
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iPlayer content chief Victoria Jaye to leave BBC
Victoria Jaye, head of TV content for BBC iPlayer, is to leave the BBC. Jaye,…
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BBC builds proof-of-concept voice sign-in and search for iPlayer
The BBC has built a proof-of-concept version of its iPlayer on-demand platform that allows individuals…
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BBC breaks Wimbledon streaming record
The BBC served 24.1 million stream requests during Wimbledon this year, making it the most-streamed…
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BBC adds iPlayer live restart to set-top boxes
The BBC is rolling out ‘live restart’ iPlayer functionality to compatible set-top boxes. Starting with…
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YouTube and BBC are dominant video apps on UK phones
YouTube and BBC iPlayer dominate the range of apps used by UK consumers to watch…
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Ampere: Over 55s failing to see attractions of SVOD
Over 55s are not tuning in to subscription video-on-demand, even though they have embraced catch-up…
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BBC reports 23% increase in April iPlayer traffic
The BBC reported a 23% year-on-year increase in programme requests to its on-demand iPlayer service…
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BBC reports record iPlayer traffic in February
Daily programme requests to the BBC iPlayer reached a record high of 9.9 million in…
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BBC to run iPlayer box-sets
The BBC is due to publish a new run of box–sets on its iPlayer digital…
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iPlayer loophole closure blocks 4,000 hours
British viewers choosing not to take a television licence before September 1 will lose access…
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Netflix extends lead as back-catalogue content drives UK SVOD growth
Netflix is by far the most popular paid-for video-on-demand service in the UK, and is…
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BBC iPlayer licence fee ‘loophole’ to close in September
Changes to UK law that will require people to buy a TV Licence to watch…
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BBC trials live iPlayer subtitles
The BBC is trialling subtitles for live channels on BBC iPlayer, in what the UK…
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BBC iPlayer Radio app launches in the US
The BBC’s iPlayer Radio app is now live in the US, following its international debut…
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BBC White Paper: iPlayer loophole to close, scope to trial pay services
The UK government has committed to retaining the current Licence Fee model of financing the…
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BBC: The Rack Pack ‘most successful’ iPlayer original to date
The BBC said that its comedy-drama film The Rack Pack is its “most successful BBC…
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iPlayer connected TV traffic up in December
There were 309 million iPlayer TV and radio requests in December, with traffic from connected…