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May 2016

  • Wondering what Britflix will look like? This is it.

    Pass notes
    'Britflix' and chill – doesn’t have the quite same ring to it

    The government has given the BBC the go-ahead to develop a subscription streaming service – but what might we expect from a British version of Netflix?
  • More than 6 million people have signed up for a BBC iD, which lets them personalise the iPlayer and other services.

    BBC follows Netflix in using online viewing data to help it pick new shows

    Commissioning teams experiment with using data from Twitter and Facebook as well as from 6 million-plus people who have signed up for BBC iD
  • This month’s top new iOS apps include Heuristic Shakespeare and Warbits.

    Best iPhone and iPad apps
    20 of the best iPhone and iPad apps and games this month

    Top new iOS apps of April 2016 include Heuristic Shakespeare and BBC iPlayer Kids, while top games include Warbits and Disney’s Crossy Road

April 2016

  • WARNING: Embargoed for publication until 00:00:01 on 01/03/2016 - Programme Name: Happy Valley series 2 - TX: n/a - Episode: n/a (No. 5) - Picture Shows: **EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION UNTIL 00:00 HRS ON TUESDAY 1ST MARCH** Catherine (SARAH LANCASHIRE) - (C) Red Productions - Photographer: Red Productions

    Government could ask BBC to trial pay service as it closes 'iPlayer loophole'

  • Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston in BBC1’s The Night Manager

    Tom Hiddleston's The Night Manager proves top iPlayer hit

  • David Tennant, right, as Richard II

    BBC iPlayer opens to first partners for Shakespeare season

  • Netflix is just one of the options for watching children’s TV through an app.

    YouTube Kids, BBC iPlayer Kids and more: the best TV apps for children

  • BBC's iPlayer Kids app puts children's TV at 'front and centre' of plans

  • BBC3 hails online switch a success after Thirteen proves a hit

March 2016

  • Shows, such as Top Gear, could be shown on a new BBC/ITV streaming service

    BBC and ITV in talks to launch a Netflix-style streaming service

    Subscription video service is likely to focus on providing popular older, archive TV content, not the first-run of shows
  • Jane Martinson

    Is closing the BBC iPlayer loophole the first step towards subscriptions?

    Jane Martinson
    Making users sign in to watch catch-up shows will boost vital revenue for the BBC, but it may make the corporation seem more like pay-TV rivals such as Sky
  • Sherlock: The Abominable Bride attracted more than 2m requests on the BBC iPlayer in January.

    Sherlock: the Abominable Bride fails to halt dip in BBC iPlayer viewing

    Requests for shows on the platform fell in January despite success of Victorian special and The Rack Pack, the BBC’s most popular iPlayer-only drama to date

February 2016

  • The corporation said​ that​ as technology advanced, more public service content would be consumed over the internet.

    Net neutrality: BBC urges Ofcom to protect iPlayer

  • The Mighty Boosh, starring Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding, was one of the comedy shows which began life on BBC3.

    Credits roll on-air for the final time as BBC3 becomes online only

January 2016

  • Sky Q streaming TV on a tablet

    Welcome to the sixth evolution of television: place-shifting

  • Snooker loopy… Luke Treadaway as Alex Higgins in The Rack Pack.

    Mark Lawson on television
    The Rack Pack: is the BBC trying to snooker Netflix?

  • The Bridge BBC4

    BBC risks excluding viewers by prioritising online content

  • BBC's The Rack Pack featuring Steve Davis (Will Merrick), Alex Higgins (Luke Treadaway), Barry Hearn (Kevin Bishop), Lynn Higgins (Nichola Burley), Jimmy White (James Bailey).

    Trailer watch
    Baize of glory: BBC revives snooker's 1980s heyday with The Rack Pack

  • Streaming for joy: how to master internet TV

  • BBC says Sky, Virgin and consoles were most popular for festive access to iPlayer

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