The BBC iPlayer catch-up service may be at the pinnacle of streaming services, but it could be even better, according to the BBC. The service could provide a superior streaming service using targeted rolling content said John Tate, BBC director of policy and strategy. Speaking at a recent Westminster Media Forum,  he said, “The service [...]

If you own a Sony Google powered device then you may be in for a pleasant surprise. According to a Google TV tweet, Sony devices running Google TV should be getting an update very soon. This latest version of Google’s OS will enable the TV version of Chrome run somewhat faster. There is also now [...]

The BBC have announced a landmark partnership deal with Sky that will bring the BBC’s VoD service iPlayer into the homes of five million Sky customers this year. Later this year BBC’s iPlayer will become accessible to Sky customers on their home TV sets. Using BBC’s iPlayer, viewers can catch-up on BBC programmes in the [...]

BT’s TV on-demand service BT Vision is set for a revamp in the near future, as the company attempts to keep up with new rival services such as Netflix. The service, which has over 600,000 UK subscribers, offers its users the chance to access on-demand content alongside digital terrestrial channels, now seems intent on integration [...]

The BBC’s iPlayer catch-up TV service has enjoyed it’s biggest ever audience figures in December (up 29% from 2010), with the huge jump in requests from not from computers, but connected devices such as connected TV sets, tablets and smartphones. The BBC have revealed that for the month of December, they received 187 million views [...]

The BBC are reportedly planning to bring in a newly-structured licence fee system, as part of a project to give access to the broadcaster’s vast archive to those that pay for it. The archive, which would be run on a subscription-only segment of the network’s free online catch-up service BBC iPlayer, could face issuing a ‘second licence fee’ [...]