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أغر؟´«أ½ One and أغر؟´«أ½ Two to be simulcast from 27 November
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أغر؟´«أ½ One and أغر؟´«أ½ Two will be available to watch live online from 27 November, Jana Bennett, Director of أغر؟´«أ½ Vision, announced today.
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The channels join أغر؟´«أ½ Three, أغر؟´«أ½ Four, Cأغر؟´«أ½, CBeebies and أغر؟´«أ½ News which are already simulcast.
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They can all be watched online via their channel sites on bbc.co.uk through a wide range of internet enabled devices. They can also be watched through أغر؟´«أ½ iPlayer. ج
Jana Bennett said: "The launch of أغر؟´«أ½ One and أغر؟´«أ½ Two online completes our commitment to make our portfolio of channels available to watch on the internet.
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"From 27 November licence fee payers will be able to watch أغر؟´«أ½ programmes, live, wherever they are in the UK on their computers, mobile phones and other portable devices.
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"Through iPlayer and series stacking, they'll have the option to catch up with them later." ج
Research by Ofcom [see Notes to Editors 1] reveals that UK consumers watching TV online has doubled in the last 12 months.
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In the United States, reports show around nearly 20% of households with internet access use it to watch television broadcasts either via channel sites or YouTube, double the number two years ago [see Notes to Editors 2].
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Simon Nelson, Controller of أغر؟´«أ½ Vision Multiplatform and Portfolio, said: "Simulcasting أغر؟´«أ½ One and أغر؟´«أ½ Two is a huge advance in making our portfolio of multiplatform channels available to our audiences, and giving them the opportunity to discover the wealth of associated content the أغر؟´«أ½ is able to offer through our channel and programme sites."
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Notes to Editors
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1 The Communications Market 2008 (August).
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2 The Conference Board and TNS, Consumer Internet Barometer, September 2008.
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Simulcasting أغر؟´«أ½ One, أغر؟´«أ½ Two, أغر؟´«أ½ Four, Cأغر؟´«أ½ and Cbeebies is being launched as part of a 12-month evaluation period.
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Video on the channel sites is GEOIP restricted so cannot be viewed from outside UK.
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Anyone in the UK watching or recording television as it is being broadcast/simulcast on any device – including mobiles, laptops and PCs – must, by law, be covered by a valid TV Licence.
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Live streams of the channels may be accessed via bbc.co.uk:
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/bbcone /bbctwo
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/Cأغر؟´«أ½
/CBeebies
/News
/mobile
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