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BBC to stream FA Cup matches in Ultra HD
Semi-final and final will be available in Ultra HD and HDR for the first time
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BBC testing new innovations for iPlayer
BBC R&D looking at innovation that will offer viewers a more personal service
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BBC selects Bitmovin Encoder for live and UHD content
Solution enables broadcaster to make live shows available via catch-up and VoD available as close to TX as possible
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‘Best month ever’ for BBC iPlayer
Killing Eve, Doctor Who and The Cry boost request figures
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Ofcom disagrees with BBC over iPlayer changes
BBC should conduct a ‘public interest test’ to properly assess value and potential impact on other broadcasters
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BBC iPlayer leads way for UK OTT providers
YouTube has the largest reach in all countries except the UK, where iPlayer is number one
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BBC iPlayer introduces ‘last chance’ notifications
Part of iPlayer's move into personalisation
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Summer of sport drives 19 per cent growth in BBC iPlayer requests
Second half of FIFA World Cup and Wimbledon saw requests reach 281 million in July
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BBC introduces live restart for smart TVs
Green button prompt sends viewers directly to iPlayer
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BBC sees record-breaking digital viewers during FIFA World Cup
Corporation recorded 66.8 million total match requests on iPlayer and BBC Sport
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BBC celebrates record World Cup group stage viewing figures
First round of matches have produced some of the largest viewing figures in the last 10 years for the broadcaster
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England v Tunisia breaks live online viewing records
Match is the most watched TV programme of the year so far, beating the Royal Wedding
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Doctor Who returns to BBC iPlayer ahead of new series
Every episode since the 2005 revival is available as of today
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Netflix leads the way in UK mobile viewing times
Platform saw the highest average viewing times during the month of March
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BBC tests live sport in 4K HDR on iPlayer
Rugby League match was broadcast in UHD and High Dynamic Range on iPlayer beta
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BBC iPlayer enjoys record-breaking start to the year
Average 10.6 million daily TV requests in January
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UK broadcasters must fight US to “protect British values”
BBC director general Tony Hall to speak out on preventing ‘social unease and division’
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Delivering another Eden
Trickbox TV's Liam Laminman discusses the company's work on the Eden Sessions
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BBC iPlayer records best-ever year in 2017
Total requests up 11 per cent compared to 2016
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Apple TV app comes to UK and Europe
App "brings together all TV viewing in once place"
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Blue Planet II tops iPlayer charts for 2017
iPlayer has received 4.2 million requests for the first episode
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Blue Planet II to be made available in UHD, HDR
Release marks the first time the iPlayer has shown content in such high quality
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BBC considering ‘paid-for digital service’
Would include programmes from the corporation's archive
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BBC to ‘reinvent’ free-to-air sports broadcasting
Over a thousand extra hours of live sport could be available every year
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Doctor Foster tops iPlayer charts for September
Returning show receives nine million requests throughout the month
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More than 33,000 young people watch iPlayer illegally
New TV Licensing report follows up on iPlayer law change in September 2016
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BBC iPlayer launches ‘From the Archive’
New section, featuring 450 programmes, launches today
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In The Dark tops iPlayer charts in July
Pilot received 1.6 million requests throughout the month
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BBC’s Glastonbury coverage achieves record figures
Almost 21 million people watched TV coverage for at least three minutes, an increase of 12 percent on 2016
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Car Share, Line of Duty drive iPlayer viewers up
The BBC’s iPlayer saw its audience increase by 23 per cent year-on-year in April. Peter Kay’s Car Share, drama Line of Duty and the...
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BBC extends Unified Streaming deal
The BBC and Unified Streaming have extended their deal for another two years. The two companies have been working together since 2013 with Unified...
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BBC iPlayer gets personal on connected TVs
Viewers in the UK will now be able to sign in to the BBC’s iPlayer on connected TVs in order to resume watching an...
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BBC plans box sets to ‘reinvent’ iPlayer
The BBC is due to publish a run of box-sets on its iPlayer service, as part of director general Tony Hall’s plan to reinvent...
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TV time drops as ‘generation gap’ widens
TV viewers in the UK now view almost half an hour less per day than they did in 2010, according to the latest Ofcom...
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BBC iPlayer offers third-party content
The BBC is presenting third-party content on its iPlayer service for the first time. Shakespeare Live has been created to commemorate the 400th anniversary...
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BBC releases iPlayer Kids app
BBC has launched a separate iPlayer app specifically for children. The app, available via iOS, Android and Kindle Fire, has been designed to be...
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Online video continues to rise
Viewing figures for online video and TV catch-up services have significantly increased over the past 12 months, according to an Ofcom report
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One third of broadband households have OTT
One third of UK broadband households are subscribed to an OTT video service, according to a Parks Associates study
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BBC iPlayer requests up 32 per cent over festive period
Connected TVs were the most popular devices to watch BBC iPlayer on over the festive period, with unique browsers on connected TVs up 32...