BBC iPlayer

BBC iPlayer

Developer(s)	BBC
Initial release	25 December 2007; 17 years ago (25 December 2007)
Stable release	3.2.15 / 13 July 2012; 12 years ago (2012-07-13)
Written in	JavaScript Adobe AIR Objective-C Java
Platform	Microsoft Windows macOS Linux iOS Android Apple TV Amazon Fire TV Chromecast Roku Virgin Media (Streaming only) Freesat (beta) Sky Go (part of on Demand service) Sky TV BT TV (part of on Demand service) Now TV PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Xbox 360 Xbox One Windows Phone 8 YouView Wii U
Available in	English Welsh Scottish Gaelic[1]
Type	Media player software
License	TV licence
Website	www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer

BBC iPlayer, commonly shortened to iPlayer, is an online service developed by the BBC which lets you catch up on the last week's television and radio. The service can be used from computers on the BBC website at bbc.co.uk. It can also be used from games consoles, cable television, smart phones and tablets.

BBC iPlayer was first called the Integrated Media Player (iMP),^[2][3] the Interactive Media Player,^[4] and then MyBBCPlayer.^[5] BBC iPlayer left Beta and went live on 25 December 2007.^[6] On 25 June 2008, it was announced that a new-look iPlayer would be launched.^[7] The new version is now live.

1. ↑ Hewines, James (2 December 2008). "BBC iPlayer Goes Local". BBC Internet Blog. British Broadcasting Corp.
2. ↑ "BBC launches catch-up TV trials". BBC News. 29 September 2005. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
3. ↑ "Results of the BBC's Integrated Media Player trial". Goliath. 13 April 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
4. ↑ "BBC interactive Media Player: news & review". DJ Alchemi. 23 August 2004.
5. ↑ "My BBC Cool Blue". open.bbc.co.uk. 25 May 2006. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2008.
6. ↑ "BBC iPlayer Launched". Broadband Finder. 27 December 2007. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2008.
7. ↑ "BBC iPlayer Gets Re-designed". BBC Press Office. 25 June 2008.