The Roku set-top box has officially begun shipping for those in the UK market. And nicely done, they will arrive with the BBC iPlayer channel. More specifically, the Roku players will arrive with more than 40 streaming channels including a few that are region specific. Some of the others that will join the BBC iPlayer more »

A few months back it looked like the BBC iPlayer app for the iPad was going to come available in June. And well, needless to say, that did not happen as expected. That being said, the latest report is calling for the app to arrive in the US, Canada and Australia sometime “later this year.” more »

Those waiting for the BBC iPlayer app will be happy to hear that an official announcement has been made. Of course, depending on where you live, you may still be in for a bit of a wait. Anyway, as one would expect, the BBC iPlayer app is first going to come available in the UK, more »

A new video-on-demand service might be competiting with the likes of Hulu and Netflix soon, as PaidContent is reporting that UK’s BBC is planning bringing its iPlayer service to the U.S. soon. BBC iPlayer is a multi-platform on-demand service that serves BBC’s TV and radio shows. BBC iPlayer was launched a few year ago and more »

Since it was launched on December 25th the iPlayer ‘catch up’ service from the BBC in the UK has been watched by more than 3.5 million people. I can report that I am not one of them! I wanted to be, but you can’t access the content if you are not in the UK. I more »