In one of the most eagerly awaited broadcasting moves of the year, the BBC have now released their iPlayer app for Apple’s iPad. The app is supported in 11 countries and will be a subscription service. The countries supported are Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. Australia, Canada [...]
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BBC iPlayer worldwide rollout begins with iPad
The international launch of the BBC’s iPlayer service, one of if not the finest example of an IPTV service, has been eagerly awaited now and has been expected for a couple of years, especially with the number of British ex-pats living around the world. Now rumour has it that the rollout will begin with a [...]
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Download BBC iPlayer Radio And TV Programmes
BBC iPlayer is a popular online service by the BBC that is offering BBC radio and TV programmes on the Internet. The BBC TV programs are limited to users from the United Kingdom only while the radio programs can be accessed by a worldwide audience. BBC iPlayer is in this regard like many of the [...]
ITV Player: UK Silverlight-based catch-up
Catching up with the BBC’s iPlayer and Channel Four’s 4oD, British broadcaster ITV has released its own free video-on-demand service: ITV Player. ITV Player uses Microsoft’s Silverlight format to stream its media, which allows it to be played on Windows and Macs. Users report problems with it working under the Linux build of Silverlight. The [...]