Freesat reveals timetable for Panasonic Freesat iPlayer upgrade

Panasonic Freesat TV owners may have to wait a few months before the BBC iPlayer comes to their red button menu.
Around 60 per cent of Freesat HD receivers and TVs can now access the BBC iPlayer via a broadband connection, and Panasonic TV owners have been clamouring for an upgrade.
James Strickland, director of product and technology development at Freesat, gave some comfort to Panny fans at yesterday’s Panasonic 3D Home Cinema launch.

James Strickland said iPlayer is already available on the current G10 and forthcoming G20 models, but won’t be on the older G8 and G9 TVs until September. “We’re doing the upgrades retrospectively,” he added. “But those TVs are quite old now and it’s more difficult.”