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IPlayer

BBC iPlayer
BBC iPlayer logo.svg
Original author(s) BBC
Developer(s) BBC
Initial release 2007; 10 years ago (2007)
Stable release
3.2.15 / 13 July 2012; 4 years ago (2012-07-13)
Development status Current
Written in Adobe AIR, Adobe Flash, Objective-C, others
Operating system

Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10)
OS X
Linux
iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) (beta)
Android
Symbian S60 (beta)
Wii (beta)

Amazon Fire TV
Apple TV
Chromecast
Roku
Roku Streaming Stick
Virgin Media
(Streaming only)
Freesat (beta)
Sky Go (part of On Demand service)
Sky TV
TalkTalk Plus TV (soon)
BT TV (part of On Demand service)
Now TV
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4
Xbox 360
Xbox One
Windows Phone 8
YouView
Wii U
Available in English,
Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
Type Television and radio catch-up
Website www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer(subscription required)

Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10)
OS X
Linux
iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) (beta)
Android
Symbian S60 (beta)
Wii (beta)

BBC iPlayer is an internet streaming catchup television and radio service in the United Kingdom. The service is available on a wide range of devices, including mobile phones and tablets, personal computers, and smart televisions. Neither the iPlayer services nor the individual TV programmes display any commercial advertising. The terms BBC iPlayer, iPlayer, and BBC Media Player all refer to the same services.

BBC Redux was developed as a proof of concept for a cross-platform, Flash Video-based streaming system. BBC iPlayer left beta and went live on 25 December 2007. On 25 June 2008, a new-look iPlayer was launched, originally as a beta-test version alongside the earlier version. The site tagline was "Catch up on the last 7 days of BBC TV & Radio", reflecting that programmes were unavailable on iPlayer after this time (with some exceptions). The BBC state on their website that this is due to copyright reasons. The marketing slogan was later changed to "Making the unmissable, unmissable". In May 2010 the site was updated again, to include a recommendations feature and a "social makeover".

In February 2011, the BBC iPlayer was once again modified to include links to programmes from other broadcasters, including ITV, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, Channel 4, E4, More4, Film4, Channel 5, 5*, 5USA and S4C. The feature was added to the search function and the channels function. When users click on a programme by another broadcaster, they are redirected to the relevant broadcaster's catch up service (either the ITV Hub, All 4 or My5).


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