iPlayer Compendium

The iPlayer Compendium is designed to link you to news and information about iPlayer, formerly known as iMP (Integrated Media Player or Interactive Media Player) and MyBBCPlayer, a computer program being developed by the BBC to replace and extend its existing RealPlayer-based "Radio Player" and other streamed content



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Telegraph iPlayer pick: Wild China (BBC2)
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 4 hours ago
By James Walton BBC2’s other big new series of the night was Wild China, which makes no bones about its desire for landmark status. ...

Bootcamp 523 - Internet TV and the BBC iPlayer part 5
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 2 hours ago
As we've seen over the past few weeks downloading and streaming TV programs from the Internet is relatively straightforward, and if the PC in question ...

Virgin Media to raise fibre-network capacity fourfold
ZDNet UK, UK - 3 hours ago
The trend for online video content and popular bandwidth-heavy applications, such as the BBC's iPlayer, has led to concerns among ISPs that their ...

BBC now offers subtitles for iPlayer programme downloads
Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - 8 May 2008
The BBC is now offering subtitles for many iPlayer programme downloads, making iPlayer once of the only IPTV services worldwide to offer subtitles. ...

Russia: Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby; Doctor Who; Forbidden City
Times Online, UK - 13 hours ago
Virgin, meanwhile, has acquired its first killer application by integrating the BBC iPlayer into its boxes. Sky should be making it a priority to get the ...

iPlayer to tart up Freesat
Register, UK - 8 May 2008
By Andrew Orlowski → More by this author iPlayer, the BBC's promiscuous media delivery software, will be available on Freesat within a year, the operator ...

iPlayer plugin for Windows Media Center
TV Squad, CA - 9 May 2008
The BBC may be porting its iPlayer internet television service to the Nintendo Wii and other video game consoles and set top boxes, but for some reason the ...

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Stephen Fry mocks the "incredible naivety" of the BBC's iPlayer
Tech Digest, UK - 9 May 2008
"There is this marvellous idea the iPlayer is secure," he said. "It's anything but secure." "The BBC is throwing out really valuable content for free," Fry ...
iPlayer security a sham, says Stephen Fry ElectricPig.tv
Stephen Fry attacks BBC over iPlayer Programmes Giveaway ITProPortal
Fry hits out at ‘naive’ BBC First Post
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Virgin puts iPlayer on cable TV platform
Independent, UK - 30 Apr 2008
By Sarah Arnott Virgin Media launched the BBC iPlayer on its cable television platform yesterday, upping the ante in its ongoing rivalry with BSkyB in the ...
BBC iPlayer programmes can be viewed on TV Telegraph.co.uk
BBC iPlayer continues platform sluttiness with Virgin Media launch Register
BBC iPlayer launched on Virgin Media guardian.co.uk
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Plusnet reveals new iPlayer data
Connected TV, UK - 9 May 2008
The popularity of the BBC’s iPlayer online-video service has been the catalyst for a debate on who should pay to carry video traffic amid wider discussions ...