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My World: Angelina Jolie teams up with BBC for global news series
January 25, 2020 | Staff Reporter
Angelina Jolie is teaming up with the BBC and Microsoft for My World, a weekly news series for young audiences.
The global show aims to explain the stories behind the news, providing facts and information for viewers aged 13 and … Read More
FA Cup: BBC iPlayer launches pop-up player for fourth round
January 25, 2020 | Staff Reporter
Football fans can enjoy two full days of FA Cup fourth round action this weekend, with live games, classic matches, highlights and all the goals through a new pop-up channel on BBC iPlayer.
A first for BBC iPlayer, the FA … Read More
EastEnders enjoys record-breaking year on BBC iPlayer
January 21, 2020 | Staff Reporter
EastEnders enjoyed a record-breaking year on BBC iPlayer in 2019.
New figures from the BBC reveal that across the year, iPlayer viewers requested to stream or download the soap opera a record 234 million times, up 10 per cent on … Read More
CBeebies unveils Love Monster, narrated by Tamsin Greig
January 11, 2020 | Staff Reporter
CBeebies is introducing young viewers to Love Monster this January.
The warm and witty preschool series is based on the best-selling books by Rachel Bright.
The 52-episode 2D animation follows the colourful and funny adventures of lovable hairy hero … Read More
Netflix continues The A List without BBC
January 1, 2020 | Staff Reporter
A second season of The A List is in the works at Netflix without the BBC on board.
The coming-of-age drama explores the lives, loves and pasts of a group of teens. Landing on BBC iPlayer as a complete box … Read More
YouTube overtakes BBC iPlayer for first time in 3 years
December 24, 2019 | Staff Reporter
YouTube has overtaken BBC iPlayer for the first time, according to new research from Ampere Analysis.
The media analytics firm’s report for Q3 2019 continued to see YouTube dominate as the most watched video service in the world (except for … Read More
Killing Eve the most-watched series on BBC iPlayer
December 18, 2019 | Staff Reporter
The second season of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s gripping spy thriller Killing Eve has taken out the competition to become BBC iPlayer’s biggest series of the year.
The continuing battle between Eve and Villanelle achieved a staggering 40.4m requests on iPlayer, over … Read More
BBC iPlayer unwraps more box sets than ever for Christmas 2019
December 4, 2019 | Staff Reporter
BBC iPlayer is unwrapping more box sets than ever for Christmas this year.
The Beeb has increasingly begun serving up box sets on its catch-up platform for the festive season, as it looks to meet demand from families and individuals … Read More
Spyfall: Doctor Who Season 12 to debut on New Year’s Day
December 2, 2019 | Staff Reporter
Doctor Who Season 12 will officially start on New Year’s Day 2020, and the opening episode has a title: Spyfall.
The ten-part series will kick-off with the two-part episode, which sees the Thirteenth Doctor well and truly back with a … Read More
BBC iPlayer launches on Sky Q as part of new partnership
November 12, 2019 | Staff Reporter
The BBC iPlayer app and connected red-button service are now available on Sky Q, as part of a new partnership that will see the two broadcasters collaborate across content and technology.
Sky viewers have long been able to enjoy BBC … Read More
