BBC iPlayer
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BBC iPlayer homepage
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| Original author(s) | BBC |
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| Developer(s) | BBC |
| Initial release | 2007 |
| Stable release |
3.2.15 / 13 July 2012
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| Development status | Current |
| Written in | Adobe AIR, Adobe Flash, Objective-C, others |
| Operating system |
Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8) Apple TV Chromecast Roku Roku Streaming Stick Virgin Media (Streaming only) Freesat (beta) Sky Go (part of On Demand service) Sky TV TalkTalk Plus TV (soon) BT TV (part of On Demand service) Now TV PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Xbox 360 Xbox One Windows Phone 8 YouView Wii U |
| Available in | English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | Television and radio catch-up |
| Website |
www |
Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8)
OS X
Linux
iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) (beta)
Android
Symbian S60 (beta)
Wii (beta)
BBC iPlayer is an internet streaming catchup television and radio service in the United Kingdom. The service is available on a wide range of devices, including mobile phones and tablets, personal computers, and smart televisions. Neither the iPlayer services nor the individual TV programmes display any commercial advertising. The terms BBC iPlayer, iPlayer, and BBC Media Player all refer to the same services.
BBC Redux was developed as a proof of concept for a cross-platform, Flash Video-based streaming system. BBC iPlayer left beta and went live on 25 December 2007. On 25 June 2008, a new-look iPlayer was launched, originally as a beta-test version alongside the earlier version. The site tagline was "Catch up on the last 7 days of BBC TV & Radio", reflecting that programmes were unavailable on iPlayer after this time (with some exceptions). The BBC state on their website that this is due to copyright reasons. The marketing slogan was later changed to "Making the unmissable, unmissable". In May 2010 the site was updated again, to include a recommendations feature and a "social makeover".
In February 2011, the BBC iPlayer was once again modified to include links to programmes from other broadcasters, including ITV, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, Channel 4, E4, More4, Film4, Channel 5, 5*, 5USA and S4C. The feature was added to the search function and the channels function. When users click on a programme by another broadcaster, they are redirected to the relevant broadcaster's catch up service (either the ITV Hub, All 4 or My5).
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