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The BBC's iPlayer catch-up service is expected to add high-definition programmes for stream and download imminently. Problems with the launch, perhaps? We tried to contact the BBC for comment, but ...

UK residents: the iPlayer beta is here. As it announced last month, the BBC launched a large-scale beta of its iPlayer catch-up software today. For such a compelling product, the iPlayer has certainly ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The BBC has added live restart to the PC version of its BBC iPlayer catch up service, in response ...

When BBC's iPlayer "catch-up" TV service entered a public beta over the summer, it was immediately criticized for supporting only Windows. It looks like Mac and Linux users will soon be getting in on ...

As announced earlier in the year, the BBC has now launched an official iPlayer app for the Apple TV. The app uses native a tvOS interface, closely resembling the normal iTunes Store films and TV shows ...

BBC iPlayer for iOS now gives you 30 days to watch downloaded shows One of iPlayer's great features is the ability to download all of its programmes for offline viewing. The Beeb traditionally let you ...

The loophole that allows viewers to use BBC iPlayer without a TV licence is about to be closed, Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has warned. The licence fee currently applies only to live ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Consumer Electronic makers have been accused of holding up the march of connected TV by failing ...

The BBC Trust has announced that it has approved proposals to expand the BBC iPlayer catch-up window to 30 days. Ofcom has already approved plans to offer content for longer on the service, paving the ...

[UPDATE: Samsung has now confirmed what I already suspected when I wrote the story below: that the reason Samsung's 2016 TVs can't play BBC iPlayer HDR content also means that they can't play BBC ...

The BBC is poised to set out plans for a massive reinvention of iPlayer, the pioneering streaming service it launched in the same year as Netflix went live, and punch back in the fight for British ...