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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New TV Licensing report follows up on iPlayer law change in September 2016
New section, featuring 450 programmes, launches today
BBC joined forces with Microsoft to build an experimental version of iPlayer
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...
Episode will include a 3D surround sound effect for viewers wearing headphones
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...
SVoD leader Netflix is rapidly making up ground on YouTube and iPlayer in the UK, according to eMarketer. The BBC and Google have dominated...
The iPlayer ‘loophole’ saga has drawn to a close after new law changes were implemented today. The amendment means that users of the BBC...
NewsHouseholds not holding a TV licence will lose out on 4,000 hour of BBC iPlayer content when payment for the service becomes mandatory on...
NewsResearch by broadband and TV comparison site Broadband Genie has found more than nine million Brits could drop their TV licence in favour of...
NewsThe BBC has moved to deny claims that it will use Wi-Fi detection vans to ‘sniff out’ those using BBC iPlayer without a TV...
NewsThe BBC has begun trialling subtitles for live channels on its iPlayer service. Subtitles have only been available for on-demand programmes in the past,...
NewsAnne Bulford has become the BBC’s first female deputy director general. The move comes amidst a major reshuffle which also sees Charlotte Moore named...
NewsThe BBC has hired a new controller of TV drama commissioning, and promoted another member of its team to the post of BBC Two...
BusinessThe UK government has released a white paper regarding the future of the BBC, which will see the iPlayer ‘loophole’ close. The white paper,...
NewsBBC has launched a separate iPlayer app specifically for children. The app, available via iOS, Android and Kindle Fire, has been designed to be...
NewsRumour has it the BBC is in early-stage talks with rivals, including ITV, about launching a Netflix-style subscription streaming service. The move comes at...
VideosThe BBC is set to close the iPlayer ‘loophole’ sooner rather than later after culture secretary John Whittingdale branded free viewing “wrong”. As it...
BusinessIt turns out that there are quite a few things you can do with a media processing platform and one of them is to...
NewsThe BBC is to consider asking the over-75s to give up their free TV licence, or make a voluntary contribution
BusinessCharlotte Moore has been promoted to controller for TV channels and iPlayer at the BBC
The BBC Trust has published results of a public consultation, with the majority of respondents showing support for the BBC’s plans for its future
BusinessThe BBC has hired Frontier Economics in the hope of reducing its upcoming £650 million annual licence fee bill
The BBC has detailed how it plans to make £150 million worth of savings in order to address a shortfall in funding identified earlier...
BusinessThe BBC has launched a new digital service that allows audiences to purchase and keep BBC programmes
NewsThe BBC is to launch a dedicated children’s on-demand service, giving users access to youth-oriented content from across the BBC and, in future, from...
NewsThe public broadcaster has added a number of features to its iPlayer, while Sky customers can now benefit from new additions that bring its...
NewsThe BBC Trust has launched its second public consultation on the BBC Executive’s proposals to move BBC Three from a broadcast to an online-only...
BusinessA recent report by GlobalWebIndex (GWI) has revealed that the publicly-funded BBC iPlayer service has a huge global audience which is using Virtual Private...
NewsViewers could soon be charged for watching content on BBC iPlayer, as chancellor George Osborne announced cuts in government funding.
NewsThe BBC Trust has published its conclusions on BBC executive proposals, stating that BBC Three will move online; a +1 channel for BBC One...
NewsThere were 276 million requests to BBC iPlayer in May, which marked an increase of two per cent month on month, bucking the trend...
NewsOfcom research has found that fifty-four per cent of households in the UK now own a tablet device, up from just 2 per cent...
NewsDigital TV service Freeview will be launching a new product that will introduce a mass market connected TV offer.
BusinessThe BBC has renewed its deal to show Premier League highlights for a further three years, through to and including the 2018/19 season.
A proposal was announced yesterday announced a to relaunch BBC Three, including a move online
The growth in illegal downloads of TV programmes, if left unchecked, will lead to a world without the ability to fund creativity and a...
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