iplayer

England World Cup semi-final reached peak audience of 7.3m on BBC One

The game was also streamed over 3.8 million times on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport Online as the Lionesses progressed through to their first...

Media Delivery

BBC cuts iPlayer live latency by 20 seconds

The BBC has also introduced what it calls 'pseudo VoD' to iPlayer, which reuses the live segments of video viewers see when watching live...

People

Kerensa Samanidis to oversee BBC iPlayer development

She will work on the delivery of iPlayer's growth strategy and management of the overall iPlayer operation

Live Production

How the BBC delivered the Coronation of King Charles III in UHD HDR

BBC R&D spent the last six months working with the BBC Studios Production team, manufacturers, and its outside broadcast providers, Cloudbass, EMG, Timeline and...

Media Delivery

BBC iPlayer breaks 7 billion streams for the first time

The BVoD saw its best-ever month in December 2022 with 700 million streams, and its best-ever quarter at the end of the year, with...

Media Consumption

Wales v England peaks at 18.7m on BBC, while iPlayer enjoys best ever week

BBC announces that 18.7 million tune in to its coverage of Wales v England as BBC iPlayer reports its best ever week

Production & Post

dock10 provides home comforts for BBC’s World Cup coverage

The UK’s leading television facility is serving as the UK production base for BBC Sport’s coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2022

Media Consumption

England’s World Cup opener breaks BBC streaming records

However, in terms of linear viewing a bigger audience tuned into ITV's coverage of Wales's draw against the United States

Audio

BBC iPlayer to offer fans alternative commentary during Qatar 2022

Fans will be able to opt for commentary from BBC Radio 5 Live if they're watching on iPlayer

Media Consumption

BBC iPlayer reports record third quarter viewing driven by sports, national events

The BBC reported its BVoD service saw 1.65 billion streams between July and September, a record for the third quarter of the year

Media Consumption

BBC to stream ‘most of’ its FIFA World Cup games in UHD HDR

Broadcaster has the rights to 33 matches during Qatar 2022, including the big game between Wales and England on 29th November.

Media Consumption

Live events help BBC iPlayer break more records

Glastonbury was Q2's best performing boxset with 36 million streams up to the end of June, and 39.4 million to date

Media Consumption

iPlayer smashes Wimbledon viewing records

This year's men's final between Nick Krygios and Novak Djokovic was streamed live 2.6 million times on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport online

Media Delivery

iPlayer’s Glastonbury coverage breaks records

Streams increased by 116 per cent on BBC iPlayer compared to 2019, the last time the festival was last held

Media Consumption

BBC: You’d miss us if we were gone

“Deprivation study”, conducted by MTM, involved 80 homes who had their BBC services withdrawn for nine days

Media Delivery

iPlayer to break 6 billion streams for the first time

Line of Duty tops the rankings with 137.1 million streams

Media Delivery

iPlayer debuts on PlayStation 5, enabling more viewers to watch UHD content

PS5 owners can add the BBC iPlayer app by going to the Media tab on the PS5 home screen

Media Delivery

BBC iPlayer gets a new look as part of “modern audience experience”

The navigation menu has moved to the left side of the screen to make it easier to browse content categories

Media Delivery

Sport, drama drive BBC iPlayer to record figures in Q3

According to the BBC's own figures, coverage of the Tokyo Olympics was streamed over 90 million times

Media Delivery

BBC aims to ‘modernise’ audience experience

Viewers will see changes to the broadcaster's linear channels as well as its digital services, which will be updated to include recognisable colours, logos...