BBC iPlayer - pushing ISP bandwidth through the roof

The BBC's Video on Demand service, iPlayer, will be available to Nintendo Wii users through the bundled Opera Internet Browser; the current version lacks all the bells and whistles that PC users can enjoy. But the Beeb has...

Under-fire Internet Service Provider Tiscali has attacked BBC's proposals to boycott ISPs who would throttle, block or hinder their users' ability to access the Beeb's popular iPlayer online shows. ISPs are worried that the...

The iPlayer has been hugely popular with internet users and has been one of the major highlights of the Beeb this year; but ISPs have been quick to respond to this popularity and pointed out that they were losing money. Some...

The BBC has fixed a loophole to prevent people from downloading programmes from its popular iPlayer website through an iPhone or an iPod. A Guardian Journalist who interviewed one of the hackers was told that the latter took...

BBC has announced that it will sell some of its more popular programmes on iTunes for as little as £1.89 per episode in the UK, almost twice the price you would pay for downloading a BBC show off Amazon's Unbox service. ...

In the first 50 days of operation, more than 17 million programmes have been watched or downloaded via the BBC's iPlayer according to Reuters (via the Guardian). That's more than 14,000 programmes per hour and the service has...

An intriguing post on BBC's Internet Blog reveals that the corporation is embarking on another grand project. The corporation is joining forces with 21 partners across Europe - including other broadcasters, universities, content...

Myspace and the BBC have announced an agreement that will see the social networked owned by the Murdoch Empire distribute clips of the Beeb's most popular shows. The BBC has already struck a number of similar deals with the...

The Director of future media and technology at the BBC, Ashley Highfield, reckons that the new AppleTV could be a potential partner for the iPlayer. By getting iPlayer onto iTunes, the BBC would be able to leverage on its...

The Beeb has released its brand new beta website without fanfare. The new page can be found at BBC is a full working model which could literally be deployed overnight. The team of developers, headed by director of User...

Andy Oram on Tim Oreilly's Radar Blog, reports that the Danish branch of the International Federation of Phonogram and Videogram Producers (IFPI) is considering allowing unrestricted downloads of music for a monthly fee, just...

BBC has struck deals with Wi-Fi firm, The Cloud and Software giant, Adobe, over its promising iPlayer platform. The Cloud is going to distribute BBC content for free through its network of hotspots around the country. Both the...

Anevia, an IPTV technology provider and Siemens Business Services  announced the deployment of their solutions in BBC head offices in United Kingdom. Siemens chose Anevia's technology for the introduction of an IPTV service...

Ofcom has given the greed light for the BBC to start broadcasting in high definition via the Freeview service. The comms regulator said in a Market Impact Assessment that the BBC's free offering would not disrupt the market. Read...

The BBC broke broadcasting rules when it included a video logo designed for the London Olympics in three separate news bulletins, according to a ruling published by Ofcom today. People complained that the animation was likely to...