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BBC iPlayer hits 75 million downloads
Ben Parfitt May 21 2008, 1:02pm
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Beeb’s successful online TV service reaches new landmark and popularity continues to grow
The iPlayer, BBC’s on demand catch up TV service that streams shows direct to user’s computers, has now officially delivered over 75 million pieces of content.
TechRadar reports that 21 million programmes were downloaded in April alone, 20 per cent up on the month before, with shows such as The Apprective and Doctor Who topping the ratings.
Digital-only channel BBC3 also performs well in the listings – suggesting that the typical iPlayer audience is not perhaps a typical terrestrial consumer.
The news is unlikely to be welcomes by ISPs, who have previously petitioned the government to make the BBC pay for all the extra internet bandwidth the growing demand is consuming.
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“English?”
Posted by: MrPicky? - May 21, 2:21pm
Who writes these articles? Your English is terrible!
“Moaning ISP's”
Posted by: Jeff - May 21, 5:27pm
Surprise Surprise the ISP's are complaining when they have to deliver the service they wooed us with in the first place--Video on Demand !!!
“Re: Moaning ISP's”
Posted by: FUZZCHOPZ - May 22, 1:00pm
Just goes to show that the ISP's & BT need to get a FIBRE OPTIC infastructure on the go now because burying their heads in the sand like they are at the moment is not going to help.Nor is BANDWIDTH THROTTLING at peak times when most people want to use the service.