Rio Olympics racks up 80m views online for BBC

The Rio 2016 Olympic Games have helped the BBC race to a record level of online traffic this summer.

The past week has been the biggest ever week for BBC Sport online with 58.2m global unique browsers following the action … Read More

BBC iPlayer adds subtitles for live channels

BBC iPlayer has begun trialling subtitles for live-streaming.

Subtitles are an oft-overlooked part of a streaming service. To date, subtitles have only been available for on-demand programmes from the Beeb. With almost 2m programmes a day or 20 per cent … Read More

BBC+ brings together iPlayer and other content through personalised app

The BBC is bringing together BBC iPlayer and other content through a new personalised app.

Called BBC+, the app promises to “put the things you care about from across the BBC at your fingertips”.

The app, which is free to … Read More

YouTube remains top VOD player in UK, as Netflix overtakes in US

YouTube remains the top VOD player in the UK, despite Netflix overtaking the site in the US to become number one.

New research from Ampere Analysis shows that the VOD giant stormed to the top of its popularity charts this … Read More

The Living and the Dead: A horror show to savour

“Most of the time, there’s a ghost, you put it to bed and go home. How do you do it week after week?”

That’s Ashley Pharaoh, creator of The Living and the Dead, speaking at the premiere of BBC … Read More

The Living and the Dead box set to premiere exclusively on BBC iPlayer

The Living and the Dead will premiere exclusively on BBC iPlayer on Friday 17th June.

All episodes of the eerie series, starring Colin Morgan, will be released at once as a box set for binge-viewing before the show begins its … Read More

BBC orders second season of Peter Kay’s Car Share

The BBC has renewed Peter Kay’s Car Share for a second season.

The sitcom, which premiered exclusively on BBC iPlayer last year, remains BBC One’s most-watched new sitcom since 2011. As a box set, it received 3 million iPlayer requests … Read More

BBC says iPlayer-only content will continue, as cuts hit BBC Online

The BBC has said that its original content for iPlayer will continue and that its BBC Food recipes will be saved – despite a wave of cuts to the corporation’s online arm.

The BBC announced this morning a heap of … Read More

Hay Festival follows in Shakespeare’s footsteps with live iPlayer streams

Last month, the BBC broke ground with its unprecedented Shakespeare Day Live, a day that saw events marking the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death streaming live on iPlayer and a dedicated pop-up site around the world. Now, the Hay … Read More

BBC iPlayer to introduce subscription fees?

BBC iPlayer could introduce a trial subscription fee for some programmes, under new government proposals.

Culture Secretary John Whittingdale, who will publish a white paper on the future of the BBC in May, is expected to order the introduction of … Read More