The BBC recently announced that its iPlayer service which lets people watch previously aired TV shows at leisure has touched the 100 million viewers mark. The target was exceeded in December last year during the holidays when the maximum number of requests were made to the TV catch up service.
The target achieved translates into an average of nearly ten requests for every broadband internet user in the UK. The survey also revealed that on an average one of every eight requests to iPlayer originated from a Sony Play Station or a Nintendo Wii which are 2 of the 20 different platforms from which iPlayer can be accessed.
BBC sources revealed that a major portion of the huge demand came in the last few weeks of December 2009. During this holiday season, many people tuned in to iPlayer with requests for favourite shows like the Christmas specials of Dr. Who and Gavin and Stacey. Another popular request was the final appearance of Terry Wogan on his Radio 2 breakfast show.
Director of future media and technology at BBC, Mr Erik Huggers said that this was a huge achievement for the online TV service and that it was a great start to the year 2010. Huggers also made an announcement about new innovations to the service as the year progressed. According to him the 100 million mark is proof that iPlayer’s easy access to users has contributed immensely to its success. Huggers went on to say that the biggest advantage which users find with iPlayer is that they are now free to watch their preferred TV shows at a time of their choosing.
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