Jan 12 2010
Freesat has announced that the beta of BBC iPlayer has now been expanded to all set top boxes manufactured by Humax. Slightly behind its initial launch schedule, a code (5438) for the trial has been released to anyone with Humax Freesat HD or Freesat+ HD receivers. To participate in the trial, users will need to […]
Nov 25 2009
The BBC has confirmed that a closed beta of iPlayer will commence on Freesat on December 7, followed by a gradual rollout to all high definition users. At a briefing held today, BBC controller of TV platforms Rahul Chakkara said that the catch-up platform on free-to-air satellite would carry around 450 hours of programming when […]
Aug 27 2009
BBC iPlayer will begin beta testing on Freesat in September, with a public launch hopefully a month or two later; slightly later than the original Autumn launch. A few privileged people are already alpha testing the iPlayer service and have so far been very impressed with it. The testing is presently taking place on the […]
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Sep 30 2015
New HTML5 Player beta trial for BBC iPlayer
For users interested in an alternative to Flash to deliver audio and video, James East – Product Manager in Media Playout, introduces a beta trial of HTML5, as well as a new native Android player for BBC iPlayer. Although we’ve been using HTML5 to deliver video to iOS devices for some time, until recently we […]
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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: BBC iPlayer Beta, HTML5