Section: iPhone / iPod touch / iPad, iPad, iDevice Apps
Want to watch Doctor Who or Top Gear on your iPad the day it’s broadcast in the UK? The BBC has announced plans to bring their popular iPlayer service to the U.S. as a subscription-based service, and initially, at least, only on the iPad. iPlayer is a video- and audio-on-demand service that lets viewers watch/listen to BBC TV and radio shows broadcast within the last seven days. Much of the material on iPlayer is available only inside the UK, but that’s going to change within the year, according to the BBC.
The BBC already has an iPlayer app for iPad, and while it streams Flash-free video (Flash is used in the web app), it still faces the same territorial restrictions. Paid Content reports that for their Global iPlayer (which will initially be available only on the iPad), the BBC is going with […]
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