BBC iPlayer
Anthony Horowitz’s New Blood to premiere on BBC iPlayer
April 16, 2016 | David FarnorAnthony Horowitz’s new BBC drama, New Blood, will premiere exclusively on BBC iPlayer before its transmission on BBC One.
The seven-part investigative drama will be the first prime time drama series to be available online to stream before its traditional … Read More
BBC launches iPlayer Kids app
April 12, 2016 | David FarnorThe BBC has launched a new iPlayer app especially for kids.
Called BBC iPlayer Kids, the app will put younger viewers in control of watching and downloading their favourite CBeebies and CBBC shows on iOS, Android and Kindle Fire devices.
Viewers go snooker loopy for The Rack Pack, as iPlayer growth slows
March 4, 2016 | David FarnorViewers went snooker loopy for The Rack Pack at the start of 2016.
The snooker drama about Steve Davis and Alex “Hurricane” Higgins racked up 684,000 views in January 2016, enough to make it the first original content from the … Read More
iPlayer Licence Fee loophole could be closed as soon as July
March 3, 2016 | David FarnorThe BBC iPlayer loophole will be closed as soon as possible, the UK government has declared.
The current TV Licence fee includes the watching of TV live, whether through a traditional television signal or via the Internet, but the legislation, … Read More
Training Tunes: BBC iPlayer launches new exclusive series
February 24, 2016 | David FarnorBBC iPlayer will welcome a new original series to its portfolio this weekend: Training Tunes.
The show, which premieres on Saturday 27th February, is produced by Somethin’ Else and will reveal the tunes that inspires famous athletes and sports personalities. … Read More
BAFTA short film review: Elephant, samuel-613
February 14, 2016 | David FarnorOn Sundays, we review short films available on VOD. We call it Short Film Sunday.
As the 2016 EE BAFTA awards take place tonight (Sunday 14th February), we take a look at the two Best Short Film nominees available to … Read More
BBC iPlayer review: Funny Valentines Shorts (2016)
February 13, 2016 | David FarnorIt’s February, which means that BBC iPlayer has another string of Valentine’s Day-themed shorts for its romantic streaming bow.
The comedy films, titled “Funny Valentines”, were first released last year, with comedians such as Bill Bailey, Matt Berry, Romesh Ranganathan, … Read More
The Apprentice dominates December viewing on BBC iPlayer
February 11, 2016 | David FarnorThe Apprentice dominated activity on BBC iPlayer in December 2015.
The latest figures from the BBC show that there were 309 million TV and radio requests for programmes on BBC iPlayer and BBC iPlayer Radio at the end of last … Read More
iPlayer programmes now available from your iOS home screen
February 7, 2016 | David FarnorLet it never be said that the BBC iPlayer team isn’t busy. Last year saw the VOD service added to the new Apple TV, with the platform now available on around 10,000 devices in the UK for free, from computers … Read More
Radio 1 to launch gaming TV show on BBC iPlayer
January 28, 2016 | David FarnorBBC Radio 1 is launching a new gaming show for BBC iPlayer.
The radio station, which got its own channel on the Beeb’s VOD service back in 2014, releases up to two new videos each day, from recordings of live … Read More