Tag Archives: iPlayer

BBC iPlayer app launches on Apple devices

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Ben Hargreaves

The long awaited video on demandservice BBC iPlayer has finally launched today for Apple’s iPhone and iPad devices with the introduction of 3G streaming to the new mobile app. The new app has a number of new features, possibly the … Continue reading →

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Global iPlayer adds support for Airplay

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Jane Stott

The BBC has announced that the global version of its BBC iPlayer video on demand service for the iPad now supports Airplay. The new functionality means that users of the global iPlayer service will now be able to stream video to … Continue reading →

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Sky News launches brand new iPad app

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Jane Stott

Digital TV and award winning news channel Sky News has announced the launch of the brand new Sky News application for users of Apple’s iPad tablet computer.  The software comes hot on the heels of BBC also launching their new … Continue reading →

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Virgin Media looking for 1 billion ‘on demand’ views in 2011

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Ben Hargreaves

Cable and digital TV provider Virgin Media today unveiled its Virgin Media Entertainment Index providing new and unique insight into the way people use the cable TV platform service, and how viewing habits have changed thanks in the main to … Continue reading →

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The DTVS Review: BBC iPlayer on Apple’s iPad

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Ben Hargreaves

Recently we talked about the launch of BBC’s iPlayer Application for Apple’s tablet PC the iPad.  While we were interested in not paying our TV Licence fee (only joking), we were actually more interested in how the iPlayer application looked … Continue reading →

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Sky viewers could miss out on BBC iPlayer

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Ben Hargreaves

Viewers losing all hope of seeing a YouView service being launched anytime soon would have been buoyed last week by the way BBC added a syndication feature to their TV on demand service BBC iPlayer.  The new functionality allows users … Continue reading →

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Freeview to add BBC iPlayer by Christmas

Posted on May 11, 2009 by admin

Freeview look set to rescue the armchair iPlayer enthusiast by building iPlayer funtionality into Freeview set top boxes by Christmas. For now the only TV provider to support the iPlayer was Virgin Media who were able to add access thanks … Continue reading →

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BBC iPlayer on Virgin Media

Posted on April 27, 2008 by Digital TV Expert

A version of the BBC’s iPlayer service made specifically for digital cable will soft-launch on Virgin Media in May. According to a page on Virgin’s website, digital TV customers will be able to access the iPlayer from May by pressing … Continue reading →

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