The BBC says it’s not satisfied offering seven days of catch-up TV to Brits – it wants to push telly programmes around the world. It’s like colonialism all over again, but with Peggy Mitchell and Bruce Forsyth on the front line!
According to the Beeb’s director of future media and technology, Erik Huggers, the corporation will soon expand the iPlayer’s availability beyond Britain, as well as pushing it onto as many platforms as possible.
Giving a keynote address at Screen Digest’s The Future of Online Media Distribution conference, he covered the iPlayer’s availability through Virgin Media and the iPhone, as well as several PMPs and mobile phones, but also said it’s not enough.
The BBC also has plans to launch its own social network, encouraging chat and interaction around its programmes.
Finally, some genuine innovation. Thank you BBC, when you wheel out plans like this, we really don’t mind paying our licence fee. Honest!
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