Richard Murdoch’s European media TV company Sky has announced that the BBC’s iPlayer service is now accessible using the Sky Player on Sky TV’s online television service.

A revamped version of Sky’s Player has areas devoted to the BBC brand showing TV listings and to all the BBC iPlayer content. The Sky Player offers viewers access to live and TV on demand content from a selection of Sky channels including

Sky Movies
Sky Sports
Sky1
National Geographic Channel
The History Channel
ESPN Classic
Biography Channel
Sky News
Sky Arts
Sky Real Lives

And now included on the list is the BBC range of channels. The BBC listings will be shown in the relevant Sky category and once selected the viewer will be sent to the BBC’s iPlayer website for viewing.

This announcement continues the expansion of the Sky Player’s channel selection whilst also allowing the BBC to expand its audience.

Sky’s director of On demand TV Griff Parry explained:- ‘Access to BBC content along with improvements to the user experience will further support the ongoing success of Sky Player. The combination of more choice and easier access means Sky Player users will find it even simpler to enjoy a wide range of TV content. The addition of links to content from BBC channels further demonstrates Sky’s role as a leading online aggregator with access to one of the broadest selections of online video.’

The BBC spokesman head of online media Anthony Rose said:- ‘We are delighted to be able to offer access to BBC TV programmes to Sky Player users. This deal further underlines our commitment to reaching new audiences by making BBC iPlayer available on as many services as possible.’

Its seen as good news for Sky who havent enjoyed as big a market share for online viewing as they would like. The BBC iPlayer services has a massive 400 plus hours of new BBC TV content every week and will be available for free to any viewer using the Sky Player service, even non subscribers.

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