'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?
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
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
Government could ask BBC to trial pay service as it closes 'iPlayer loophole'
Tom Hiddleston's The Night Manager proves top iPlayer hit
BBC iPlayer opens to first partners for Shakespeare season
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
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
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 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
Net neutrality: BBC urges Ofcom to protect iPlayer
Credits roll on-air for the final time as BBC3 becomes online only
January 2016
Welcome to the sixth evolution of television: place-shifting
Mark Lawson on television
The Rack Pack: is the BBC trying to snooker Netflix?
BBC risks excluding viewers by prioritising online content
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