BBC has revamped its iPlayer online video platfor, with a number of new features, including the ability to let users download shows before they are aired on TV, and then watched them straight after broadcast. Previously, users had to wait for the show to finish and be uploaded to the iPlayer before watching or downloading […]
BBC has revamped its iPlayer online video platfor, with a number of new features, including the ability to let users download shows before they are aired on TV, and then watched them straight after broadcast. Previously, users had to wait for the show to finish and be uploaded to the iPlayer before watching or downloading it.
Other changes to the iPlayer include being able to recommend shows to friends on Facebook and Twitter, a list suggested programmes users may like based on their iPlayer-viewing habits, the ability to create a library of favourite shows and a ‘pop-out’ player.
08/09/2010
A number of problems with the beta version of the iPlayer, such as content going missing after being downloaded, and buffering, have now been fixed.
Head of BBC iPlayer, James Hewines said on his blog: “We’ve been trialling the new BBC iPlayer publicly which with the help of your feedback has given us the chance to iron out a few kinks.”
During the beta trials Hewines said that 18,000 people linked the BBC iPlayer to their social-networking profiles and just under 70,000 people ‘favourited’ programmes, adding an average of 2.5 programmes each.
