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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ iPlayer growth continues as bbc.co.uk records 29% increase
Number of programmes downloaded or streamed on demand via ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
iPlayer reaches 17 million, up to 500,000 a day
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½-branded entertainment channels showing clips on Yahoo! with
Blinkx and MSN to follow soon
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Over 17 million programmes have been streamed or downloaded on demand on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ iPlayer in the first seven weeks since its marketing launch, according to the latest figures from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.
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Daily volumes have been increasing strongly during January and February and last week the total number of streams and downloads in a single day broke through the half a million barrier. Ìý
During January, more than 2.2 million people watched a programme on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ iPlayer, with approximately 11 million TV programmes streamed or downloaded on demand.
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This complements the 15.9 million radio downloads during January (rising from 13.4 million in December) and totalling 27 million requests for TV and radio programmes.
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The research reveals that the number of visitors to the whole of bbc.co.uk has increased by over a quarter in the past year.
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There was an average of 20 million UK visitors weekly to bbc.co.uk across January, marking an increase of 29% on the corresponding period in 2007, driven chiefly by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ iPlayer (accounting for up to 1.3 million unique visitors weekly), news, sport and weather.
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Programmes which performed particularly well on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ iPlayer include Ashes To Ashes, coverage of the Six Nations clash between England and Wales and Life In Cold Blood.
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Ashley Highfield, Director of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Future Media and Technology, says: "While it's still early days, early indications are that ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ iPlayer is having a significant effect in attracting new users to bbc.co.uk.
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"To build on this initial success, we continue to reach out to audiences wherever they are, and we now have ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½-branded 'channels' on Yahoo! and partnerships with MSN and Blinkx going live soon.
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"These enable you to watch highlights and excerpts of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ programmes, as well as clicking on a link to watch the full programme on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ iPlayer.
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"In addition, we are introducing new features on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ iPlayer homepage, including improved navigation options and programme recommendations."
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Notes to Editors
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1. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ iPlayer new features
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As part of the homepage enhancement, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ iPlayer will offer audiences a dynamic user experience with new features such as the ten most popular programmes that are being streamed, as well as 'Recently Added' and 'Last Chance' content items, all of which will be updated dynamically every ten minutes.
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'Recently Added' features new content which has just become available, while 'Last Chance' gives users the ability to view programmes that have six hours left before their rights window expires. Ìý
2. Partnerships URLs
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The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½-branded entertainment channel on Yahoo! is at . Ìý
3. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ iPlayer Top 10 (25.12.07-12.02.08)
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1. Doctor Who
2. Louis Theroux Behind Bars
3. Torchwood
4. Ashes To Ashes
5. Torchwood
6. Six Nations Rugby
7. Top Gear
8. Mistresses
9. Mistresses
10. Torchwood
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4. The data in this release is from internal ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ sources and may be subject to slight changes as processing methodology is improved alongside upgrades to the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ iPlayer service. Download data from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Audio and Music downloads only relates to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Podcasts.
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