Over 42 million programmes accessed on BBC iPlayer in first three months

10.04.08 - 20:40 ... source : BBC New Media

... Category: New Media Date: 09.04.2008 Printable version BBC research released today reveals that BBC iPlayer has enjoyed significant growth in the first three months since its Christmas Day 2007 marketing launch. The total number of requests for downloads and streams of BBC programmes in March was 17.2 million, rising from 14 million in February, and 11.2 million in January. This represents a growth of approximately 25% month-on-month, and contributes to the total of over 42 million programmes accessed on-demand since the Christmas marketing launch. Average weekly users of BBC iPlayer reached 1.1 million in March, up from January's average of 750,000 users. The average daily number of requests to download or stream programmes via BBC iPlayer easily broke through the half a million barrier in March, registering 550,000+ daily requests to stream or download, growing from an average of 360,000+ requests ...» Next (HTML)