BBC iPlayer

BBC iPlayer was launched on the 25th December 2007 after it had been on beta since October 2005. It offers all eight of BBC's channels to watch live from. You need to have a TV license to watch live from but you don't need to have a TV license to watch shows that have already been aired. As of May 2010 it was reaching up to 123 monthly and more recently of December 2011 it is reaching up to 187 million viewer requests. iPlayer has made their service available to a variety of platforms such as Xbox 360, PS3, Nintendo Wii, the iPhone, Blackberries, Nokia, and Sony Ericsson phones. The BBC also have deals to embed with sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Delicious and Diggit. BBC iPlayer has changed viewing habits as people can now watch their favourite tv shows according to their own schedule. Due to the increase in popularity of the iPlayer it has encouraged other big channels such as ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 to produce their own versions of the iPlayer respectively.


BBC iPlayer have made changes to their service over the years. They renewed it to iPlayer 2.0 and the changes that were made on it were from user feedback. They increased the screen size by 25%. iPlayer 3.0 changed as it made deals with Facebook, Twitter and Reddit.