

The BBC states on its website that this is for copyright reasons. 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). On 25 June 2008 a new-look iPlayer was launched, originally as a beta-test version alongside the earlier version.

BBC iPlayer left beta and went live on 25 December 2007.

BBC Redux was developed as a proof of concept for a cross-platform, Flash Video-based streaming system. He went on a 'road-show' around the BBC to sell the concept and was told by the Director General that he had "saved the BBC". The concept for the BBC iPlayer was dreamt up by Ben Lavender in 2005, a BBC employee frustrated by attempting to bit-torrent Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The BBC iPlayer logo used from 2021 to 2022. On 20 October 2021, the BBC announced that BBC iPlayer would be given a new logo which would involve being rebranded as "iPLAYER". In 2019, the BBC improved the format quality, taking the highest available on iPlayer to 1080p (full HD) from 720p (standard HD). On 17 October 2018, the BBC iPlayer Radio brand was replaced with BBC Sounds. In 2015, the BBC reported that it was moving towards playing audio and video content via open HTML5 standards in web browsers rather than via Flash or its Media Player mobile app. The terms BBC iPlayer, iPlayer, and BBC Media Player refer to various methods of viewing or listening to the same content. iPlayer services delivered to UK-based viewers feature no commercial advertising. The service is available on a wide range of devices, including mobile phones and tablets, personal computers and smart televisions. Users also require a TV licence and a BBC accountīBC iPlayer (stylised as iPLAYER or BBC iPLAYER) is a video on demand service from the BBC. Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Android TV, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Roku, Virgin Media (Streaming only), Freesat ( beta), Sky Go (part of On Demand service), Sky TV, BT TV (part of On Demand service), Now TV, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Windows Phone 8, YouView, Wii (discontinued on February 10, 2015), Wii U (discontinued in January 2017)īBC iPlayer applications are proprietarily-licensed. Windows standalone application, no longer developed, instead it runs on any supported web browser
