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BBC iPlayer was one of four services available at the launch of YouView in July 2012. At launch, the BBC iPlayer app contained options to resume watching recent programmes, access favourites, browse the most popular shows, find similar programmes or more episodes, included integrated search and was the only service to feature HD video. [120]
BBC Radio 4: Spoken-word programming, news, current affairs, drama, comedy and philosophy. Yes BBC Radio 4 Extra: Archive programming. No No Yes BBC Radio 5 Live: News, current affairs, discussion and sport. Yes BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra: Additional sports coverage. No Yes BBC Radio 6 Music: Alternative music, rock, reggae and other minor genres ...
On demand players vary as rentals, on demand, subscription and catch-up (correct as of 2020): [9] [10] BBC iPlayer (catch-up) ITVX (catch-up) STV Player (catch-up) Channel 4 (catch-up & on-demand) My5 (catch-up) Milkshake! (catch-up) BritBox (part of ITVX Premium since the closure of the standalone service on April 30) Pop Player (catch-up)
Channel 4 (previously 4oD and All 4) is a video on demand service from Channel Four Television Corporation, [1] free of charge for most content and funded by advertising. [2] The service is available in the UK and Ireland; viewers are not required to have a TV licence —required for live viewing and the BBC iPlayer on-demand service—when ...
U (formerly known as UKTV Play) is a video on demand service owned by UKTV, which is operated by the BBC's commercial subsidiary BBC Studios.The service launched on 4 August 2014 and offers catch-up programming and previously live broadcasts from UKTV's free-to-air channels (U&Dave, U&Drama, U&W, U&Eden, and U&Yesterday).
Since the rise of Netflix and subsequent other Subscription Video on Demand services (SVODs), European PSBs and media companies, in particular, have started to find ways to compete with the increasing dominance of American SVODs, and many old rivalries have been put aside in preference of collaboration by creating jointly controlled SVODs, such as BritBox, Salto (backed by French networks TF1 ...
A BBC Programme Identifier (PID) is an alphanumeric, persistent, unique identifier for a television or radio programme brand, a season or series, or an individual episode, used by the BBC in their web URLs, iPlayer viewers, and internal databases. [1] [2]
BBC Four is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.It was launched on 2 March 2002 [1] and shows a wide variety of programmes including arts, documentaries, music, international film and drama, and current affairs. [2]