- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 1st, 2016
BBC Services Suffer DDoS Attack on New Year's Eve UPDATE
iPlayer database malfunctions in DDoS attack, brings everything down, including main website and a radio app
- Laptops & Tablets Blog
- By Alexandra Arici
- January 29th, 2014
BBC iPlayer App Growing in Popularity with Tableters As Users Shun the PC
More and more users prefer watching TV on their tablets, rather than on the PC
- Apple & Mac Blog
- By Filip Truta
- September 27th, 2013
iOS 7 Cripples BBC iPlayer App
Users can no longer play downloaded content after update
- Apple & Mac Blog
- By Filip Truta
- September 14th, 2013
Ready for iOS 7: BBC iPlayer Gets Full Playback Support on iPhone and iPad
Update includes “bug fix for downloads playback in iOS 7”
- Apple & Mac Blog
- By Filip Truta
- April 22nd, 2013
BBC iPlayer Is Now Watched Mostly on Tablets
The BBC iPlayer performance pack for March 2013 is now available
- Apple & Mac Blog
- By Filip Truta
- March 2nd, 2013
Download BBC iPlayer for iPhone and iPad 2.0.3
Playback quality has been improved and downloads are more reliable now
- Web Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- February 9th, 2013
BBC to Debut Shows on iPlayer Ahead of Their TV Broadcast
The experiment will include a wide variety of programming
- Internet Life
- By Lucian Parfeni
- October 8th, 2012
BBC Launches Dedicated iPlayer Radio, Hints at On-Demand Music Future
The BBC plans to put its music archive online and suplement it with Spotify, Deezer
- Internet Life
- By Lucian Parfeni
- September 19th, 2012
BBC iPlayer Ditches Flash on Android, Now Requires Separate App
The BBC is now using AIR instead of Flash, which means an app has to be installed
- Apple & Mac Blog
- By Filip Truta
- August 13th, 2012
BBC iPlayer 1.3.2 iOS Improves Video Performance
Adds Retina display support for the third-generation iPad
- iWorld
- By Filip Truta
- June 20th, 2012
Rewind Live TV on Your iPad with BBC iPlayer
UK-only service lets you rewind and restart a live TV session
- Xbox
- By Florian Totu
- November 30th, 2009
BBC Is Unhappy with Microsoft's Xbox Live Gold Subscription Policy
The iPlayer project for the Xbox 360 is currently on hold
- Internet Life
- By Lucian Parfeni
- November 27th, 2009
The iPlayer Online Video Service Proves a Great Success for the BBC
The service is becoming increasingly popular with viewers catching up on their favorite programs
- Software
- By Filip Truta
- December 19th, 2008
iPlayer Mac App Now Available for Download in the UK
The BBC launches its cross-platform app for viewing or storing online TV shows
- Mac
- By Filip Truta
- February 8th, 2008
BBC: iPlayer Confirmed for Macs, Launches This Year
Formerly available for Windows platforms only, the app will enable Mac users to download TV content from the web
- Internet Life
- By Vlad Constandes
- January 16th, 2008
iPlayer Demand Rocketing Through the Roof
BBC struck rich with this one
- Mac
- By Ilinca Strobel
- March 7th, 2007
BBC Plans an Alternative to iTunes
BBC to launch iPlayer, online digital platform