2. WHEN DID IT START
December 25th 2007 (Christmas day)
3. WHAT DOES IT OFFER
BBC iPlayer is a free service that lets you catch up with programmes from the
past seven days that you may have missed or want to watch again. There are
two ways to use this service. You can play a programme and watch it online
with „Click to play', or you can download the programme, store it on your
computer for up to 30 days and watch it offline. Please note that BBC TV
programmes are only available to users in the UK at present, though most
radio programmes are available outside the UK as well.
4. WHAT PLATFORMS CAN YOU
ACCESS IT?
Right now, BBC iPlayer is available on the following devices. Just click on a
device for more detailed information on which models are supported by BBC
iPlayer.
Computers
Games Consoles
Home Media Hubs
Mobile Phones
Portable Media Players
TV
Tablet Devices
5. HOW MANY VIEWERS DOES IT
HAVE
New figures released today show that the growing popularity of internet-
connected TVs, smartphones and tablets helped BBC iPlayer hit record-
breaking numbers in 2011, with 1.94 billion TV and radio programme requests
across all platforms.
6. HOW HAS IT DEVELOPED SINCE
IT STARTED
More and more people are choosing to watch their favourite television
programmes or listen to the radio on their mobile phone or tablet.
There have been record figures for BBC iPlayer on mobile with 1.5 million
installs on the Apple iPad and 1.2 million installs on Android devices since we
launched the apps in February 2011.
“We want to make it a better and easier experience to catch up on your
favourite programmes wherever you are and, today, we‟re launching a BBC
iPlayer app for the iPhone and iPod touch, and introducing 3G streaming
across all mobile networks.”
7. WHAT IMPACT IS IT HAVING ON
VIEWING HABITS?
More and more people are starting to find bbc iplayer more convenient as
they can watch all there tv shows when they want rather than making time for
a certain programme. Therefore more people are using the internet and using
new media rather than the traditional television . This can be said to be more
democratic as the viewers are empowered as they choose when to watch a
programme.
8. WHAT IMPACT IS IT HAVING ON
TV PRODUCTION?
There are now new ways to view programmes due to digital convergence such
as phones and mobile tablets. Therefore other televisions have to compete
with this and create means of watching tv online such as channel 4OD.
