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BBC considering paid subscription service for archive streaming
November 9, 2017 | David FarnorThe BBC is considering plans to launch a paid subscription streaming service featuring old shows from its archives.
The corporation is currently facing the squeeze, as it fights growing competition for viewers’ attention from Netflix and Amazon, but also finds … Read More
BBC to stream over 1,000 extra hours of live sport
November 4, 2017 | David FarnorOver a thousand extra hours of live sport will be available for audiences to watch online every year through BBC Sport and BBC iPlayer, as the BBC steps up its sporting game.
The BBC aims to “reinvent free-to-air sports broadcasting”, … Read More
BBC iPlayer launches dedicated portal for Irish language and Ulster-Scots programmes
October 28, 2017 | David FarnorBBC Northern Ireland’s Ulster-Scots and Irish Language television programmes are now being made more widely available to audiences around the UK on BBC iPlayer.
As of this week, a wide collection of programmes, all of which have been supported by … Read More
Doctor Foster dominates September iPlayer streaming
October 18, 2017 | David FarnorSeason 2 of Doctor Foster had an average of 8.9 million viewers, with a 35 per cent share, consolidated figures reveal. This is higher than series one which had a consolidated average of 8.2 million, with a 31 percent share.
iPlayer streams 6 comedy-horror shorts for Halloween
October 14, 2017 | David FarnorBBC iPlayer is streaming six comedy-horror shorts this Halloween.
Commissioned by BBC Writersroom, Fright Shorts is a series of five-minute films, written by six brand new Northern Ireland comedy writers. Selected from hundreds of applicants from an open call by … Read More
BBC iPlayer launches new “From the Archive” category
September 26, 2017 | David FarnorBBC iPlayer is launching a new “From the Archive” category, adding hundreds of old BBC programmes to the streaming platform.
Content is key to the success of a streaming service, and with exclusives becoming more common in the war for … Read More
You may soon be able to control BBC iPlayer with your voice
August 4, 2017 | David FarnorYou may soon be able to control BBC iPlayer with your voice, judging by new tests undertaken by the BBC.
The Beeb has worked with Microsoft to build an experimental version of the catch-up service that uses artificial intelligence … Read More
One Love Manchester and Glastonbury bring live viewers to BBC iPlayer
July 25, 2017 | David FarnorBig events such as the One Love Manchester benefit concert, the general election and Glastonbury festival made June a big month for live viewing on BBC iPlayer.
Over one-fifth (21 per cent) of the requests to BBC iPlayer in June … Read More
Ill Behaviour premieres on BBC iPlayer this July
July 14, 2017 | David FarnorSam Bain’s Ill Behaviour will premiere on BBC iPlayer this July, before it hits BBC Two.
The latest show from the Peep Show writer boasts an impressive cast that includes Chris Geere, Tom Riley, and Lizzy Caplan.
If follows … Read More
Some young viewers still unaware BBC Three is now online
June 19, 2017 | David FarnorSome young viewers are still unaware that BBC Three can be viewed online.
BBC Three, which switched from traditional, linear broadcast to a web-first format last year, is the UK’s first public service online TV channel. The groundbreaking leap by … Read More