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August 2019

  • Julia Montague (Keeley Hawes) and David Budd (Richard Madden) in The Bodyguard

    BBC using strong-arm tactics over iPlayer, say independent producers

    Small TV companies claim BBC trying to get them to lease shows for longer for same fee

July 2019

  • Hailee Steinfeld and Woody Harrelson in The Edge of Seventeen.

    Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
    Streaming: inside the BBC’s box of treasures

    The iPlayer is better for films and documentaries than you might think – just be prepared to rummage around

June 2019

  • iPlayer.

    BBC iPlayer can show programmes for a year instead of 30 days

    Ofcom approves change after corporation says it is struggling to compete with Netflix

May 2019

  • Netflix is displayed on a tablet.

    Netflix and Amazon score billion pound revenue in battle with UK broadcasters

    Without a major British rival, TV and film fans are turning to the Silicon Valley giants

April 2019

  • BBC iPlayer

    BBC admits iPlayer has lost streaming fight with Netflix

  • Max Beesley as Dr Rob Lake in Bodies

    Not Line of Duty, not Bodyguard – Bodies is Jed Mercurio's masterwork

March 2019

  • David Clementi, chairman of the BBC

    Radio 4 listeners could be alienated by budget cuts, says BBC chair

    However, David Clementi says argument is overstated and radio must evolve
  • iPlayer screengrab

    BBC chair: UK media regulation is no longer fit for modern age

    David Clementi to argue against limiting time iPlayer can make shows available for
  • BBC director general Tony Hall

    BBC must prepare for a digital future, says director general

    Tony Hall admits iPlayer has lost its advantage against rivals such as Netflix

October 2018

  • Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes in The Bodyguard

    The Bodyguard sets record as BBC's most popular box set

    Drama’s 35m iPlayer requests tops Killing Eve and Taboo to become biggest streaming hit

September 2018

  • Man watching TV series on digital tablet

    Average Briton spends 26 days a year watching on-demand TV

    Adults spend eight times longer watching Netflix and iPlayer than exercising, survey reveals
  • Tony Hall, the BBC’s director general, will also argue that global streaming companies are not investing as much in British productions.

    Tony Hall: regulate video streaming services or risk 'killing off' UK content

    BBC’s director general seeks action to control firms such us Netflix and Amazon
  • Actors Keeley Hawes and Richard Madden in the drama Bodyguard, about to enter 'Downing Street'

    Catch-up viewers make BBC's Bodyguard 'drama of decade'

    At least 10.4 million people in Britain watched first episode in week it was broadcast

July 2018

  • BBC iPlayer

    BBC in bid to win back teen viewers with 'rite of passage' box sets

    New teen section of iPlayer will target younger viewers who currently favour Netflix

May 2018

  • BBC iPlayer

    BBC, ITV and Channel 4 in talks to create UK streaming service

    NBC Universal also believed to be involved in discussions on how to combat Netflix and Amazon

March 2018

  • Cartoon characters Zig and Zag looking startled

    Younger viewers now watch Netflix more than the BBC, says corporation

    Broadcaster fears being ‘overtaken by competitors’ as technology firms increasingly dominate on-demand viewing

February 2018

  • Blue Planet II

    BBC iPlayer attracts record number of viewers in 2017

    Figures up 11% on 2016 with an average of 272m streaming requests a month

January 2018

  • Peaky Blinders

    BBC iPlayer enjoys record week as viewers switch off traditional TV

    Streaming service reports sharp rise in requests, with EastEnders’ Christmas Day episode its most popular individual show

August 2017

  • A family gathers round to watch the TV in 1955

    End of families gathering round the TV as binge watching grows

    Eight in 10 UK adults use streaming services such as BBC iPlayer or Netflix, says Ofcom, with 35% watching several episodes of a show once a week

July 2017

  • WARNING: Embargoed for publication until 00:00:01 on 25/07/2017 - Programme Name: Man in an Orange Shirt - TX: n/a - Episode: Man in an Orange Shirt - ep1 (No. 1) - Picture Shows: Michael (OLIVER JACKSON-COHEN), Flora (JOANNA VANDERHAM), Thomas (JAMES McARDLE) - (C) Kudos - Photographer: Nick Briggs

    Amazon and iPlayer expect summer holiday surge in downloads

    Downloads from iPlayer over summer have doubled in four years, and Amazon expects demand on its platform to peak on Friday
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