The BBC’s iPlayer streaming service is to end downloads for users who watch on desktop or laptop computers. Currently viewers on PCs and Macs can save programmes via the iPlayer Downloads app, but ...

The download version of the BBC's iPlayer will be available for Mac users by the end of the year, according to director general, Mark Thompson. Thompson made the commitment in a blog posting ...

A non-BBC program enabling Mac users to download shows from the iPlayer has appeared on the internet. A developer named wizard_drongo posted the program, which saves shows in the Apple QuickTime video ...

It’s not strange or startling that a developer or software house will update a popular app, adding, removing or improving functionality. Well that’s what the BBC have done for Apple iDevice users who ...

It's been a long time coming, but in an update due to roll out later this week, the BBC's iPlayer Radio app will finally allow users to download radio shows for offline play. Just like TV episodes ...

The BBC has made a new cross-platform version of its iPlayer download manager available in beta. The Adobe AIR-based application, which has been renamed iPlayer Desktop, will run on Windows PCs, Macs ...

And there's more in the pipeline... The BBC's online on-demand TV service, iPlayer, continues to go from strength to strength, with 17 million programmes being downloaded or streamed in the past seven ...

For the first time, the BBC will allow iPlayer users to download streaming media to their iOS devices for offline viewing. Media streamed by BBC's iPlayer has traditionally been exclusively streamable ...

The BBC iPlayer app on Android received a major update last September when it added the ability to download full episodes of shows and save them for up to 30 days. The downside to that feature, ...

Last week, the BBC launched an iPhone-friendly version of its iPlayer video-on-demand service. It wasn't long before some crafty iPlayer users figured out a way to exploit the new service, though. The ...

The BBC has announced that content downloaded from its iPlayer can now be viewed on mobile devices, though the iPhone is still left out in the cold. Videos can be played back on any mobile device that ...