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The BBC's iPlayer catch-up service is expected to add high-definition programmes for stream and download imminently. Problems with the launch, perhaps? We tried to contact the BBC for comment, but ...

Audiences are now able to enjoy their favourite BBC TV and radio programmes on BBC iPlayer and BBC iPlayer Radio for 30 days. BBC iPlayer revolutionised TV viewing consumption back in 2007 with its ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The BBC has added live restart to the PC version of its BBC iPlayer catch up service, in response ...

As announced earlier in the year, the BBC has now launched an official iPlayer app for the Apple TV. The app uses native a tvOS interface, closely resembling the normal iTunes Store films and TV shows ...

The loophole that allows viewers to use BBC iPlayer without a TV licence is about to be closed, Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has warned. The licence fee currently applies only to live ...

The BBC has announced a date for its iPlayer "catch-up" service: the product will at last be available in "open beta" on July 27, with a full public launch happening in the fall. The iPlayer is a ...

When BBC's iPlayer "catch-up" TV service entered a public beta over the summer, it was immediately criticized for supporting only Windows. It looks like Mac and Linux users will soon be getting in on ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Consumer Electronic makers have been accused of holding up the march of connected TV by failing ...

[UPDATE: Samsung has now confirmed what I already suspected when I wrote the story below: that the reason Samsung's 2016 TVs can't play BBC iPlayer HDR content also means that they can't play BBC ...

The BBC Trust has announced that it has approved proposals to expand the BBC iPlayer catch-up window to 30 days. Ofcom has already approved plans to offer content for longer on the service, paving the ...

The BBC is poised to set out plans for a massive reinvention of iPlayer, the pioneering streaming service it launched in the same year as Netflix went live, and punch back in the fight for British ...