- BBC iPlayer is estimated to be worth approx £831 million
- Viewers are now watching more than one million BBC programmes online each week.
- iPlayer accounts for between 3 and 5 per cent of all internet traffic in Britain, with the first episode of The Apprentice watched more than 100,000 times via a computer, according to the BBC
- There were 17.2 million requests to watch programmes last month, an increase of 25 per cent on February.
- The BBC is trying to increase the scope of the service by making its iPlayer service available via the Nintendo Wii, allowing owners who are unable to stop playing in time for their favourite programmes to catch up with them later (approx t2.5 million homes with a Wii)
Wednesday, 23 April 2008
BBC iPlayer risks overloading the internet
This article from the times online, called BBC iPlayer 'risks overloading the internet' informed me of a number of key points, facts and figures to include in my exam:
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