[Neil Jones]

Yes, iPlayer in its original incarnation was a download format that played locally (similar to Sky+), before it became the traditional streaming model a couple of years later.

Its not difficult to strip DRM from anything if you really wanted to, especially these days, but to come back to Family Guy, it would have cost the BBC too much money just to have it as part of the online format of BBC Three, especially as the channel was severely cut budget wise at the same time, so it had to go. And it ended up with ITV.

Of course other BBC Three shows upped sticks and moved as well, so FG wasn't the only example of that, though it was interesting to note the BBC/BBC Three pulled out all the stops to paint the impression on Facebook and Twitter and the like that they were going to keep Family Guy around in some form... until ITV2 started airing it and then they changed their tune.