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BBC Offers Mobile TV Download Service
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UK broadcaster, the BBC has announced that it is adding support for mobile downloads to its television content streaming service, iPlayer.
The new mobile downloads feature is initially available on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices and will come to Android devices soon.
Programmes downloaded while the user is within the UK can also be viewed abroad for up to 30 days. Once the user presses play, they can keep watching for seven more days.
The broadcaster that the the launch builds on BBC iPlayer's strategy to move beyond the PC and make more quality BBC content available across mobile, tablet and internet connected TVs. In July alone, there were 30m requests for BBC iPlayer TV programmes via a mobile or tablet, an increase of 142% year on year.
Daniel Danker, General Manager, Programmes and On-Demand for the BBC says, "With mobile downloads for BBC iPlayer, you can now load up your mobile phone or tablet with hours and hours of BBC television programmes, then watch them on the road, on the tube, on a plane, without worrying about having an internet connection or running up a mobile data bill."
The BBC iPlayer app can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store. Audiences who already have the BBC iPlayer app installed will be prompted to update their app via the iTunes App Store.
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