[Johnr]

Yep...

Issued On Sunday, 19 February 2023 at 18:16:02
Expires On Friday, 22 March 2024 at 18:16:01

Looks like someone at the BBC IT on call won't have had a relaxing Sunday evening watching Countryfile

[Worzel]

Looks like the way iPlayer streams through the web has changed.

The navigation to rewind live channels seems to have been updated.

The text on the now/next listings on the mobile web platform (non app) is also now in Reith.

[Rdd]

Probably as good a place as any to post this but a limited selection of BBC catch up content (branded “BBC On Demand” and apparently very important to the BBC that it not be referred to as “iPlayer”) has launched on Sky satellite platforms in Ireland this week (having been available on Sky Glass since October).

[thomalex]

Looks like the way iPlayer streams through the web has changed.

The navigation to rewind live channels seems to have been updated.

The text on the now/next listings on the mobile web platform (non app) is also now in Reith.

The channels all now auto play as well, so you can flick through them like you would on a TV. Don’t think it used to be like this.

[Kojak]

Probably as good a place as any to post this but a limited selection of BBC catch up content (branded “BBC On Demand” and apparently very important to the BBC that it not be referred to as “iPlayer”) has launched on Sky satellite platforms in Ireland this week (having been available on Sky Glass since October).

There must be some legal reasons that require that it not be referred to as the 'iPlayer'. Probably there is some clause in some contract somewhere that dictates that the service known as 'iPlayer' will not be available in Ireland.

[London Lite]

Probably as good a place as any to post this but a limited selection of BBC catch up content (branded “BBC On Demand” and apparently very important to the BBC that it not be referred to as “iPlayer”) has launched on Sky satellite platforms in Ireland this week (having been available on Sky Glass since October).

There must be some legal reasons that require that it not be referred to as the 'iPlayer'. Probably there is some clause in some contract somewhere that dictates that the service knows as 'iPlayer' will not be available in Ireland.

The rights to BBC content is sold by BBC Studios in Ireland as a European country. (BBC One NI and BBC Two NI are distributed as part of the NI peace agreement).

[Rdd]

It really has nothing to do with the Good Friday Agreement, the only mention of broadcasting in it at all is a committment by the U.K. to explore the scope for more wider availability of TG4 in NI (which was done, it’s on a Freeview mini-mux, Sky, and cable). The BBC channels have been distributed via cable in ROI since the 1960s and Sky since 2002 or so, as you say it’s a commercial arrangement. The choice of NI as the region was originally purely convenience and up to the introduction of digital TV it was common in the east and south for BBC Wales to be distributed instead. My understanding is that BBC Studios will only license overseas distribution of the BBC domestic channels to countries where they were historically available by overspill to some extent (Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg). They are also available in Switzerland for reasons BBC Studios can do nothing about and have to live with (local law provides a defence against copyright infringement for cable companies if channel can be picked up free to air).

There was a short lived “International iPlayer” about ten or more years ago but it’s best to think of it as more a proof of concept for Britbox rather than any extension of the U.K. service and it didn’t last long anyway. The point though is that they had no problem using the name outside the U.K. at that stage.

[James2001]

Looked at Blackadder on the iPlayer this morning and noticed their version of Back & Forth is the laugh track version (and with the BBC logo added to the titles and credits)- probably the first time it's surfaced since BBC1 showed it in 2002. Every other time I've seen it shown, including on the UKTV channels, and the version on DVD are all of the version without it. Quite a badly dubbed on laugh track to something that wasn't intended to have one, I always wonder why they did it.

[Kojak]

Nice to see that all of The League of Gentlemen has returned to the iPlayer, after a couple of years away. IMO it is probably the best comedy of the last 30 years.

[Spencer]

Nice to see that all of The League of Gentlemen has returned to the iPlayer, after a couple of years away. IMO it is probably the best comedy of the last 30 years.

Has it been edited at all? ISTR it was removed after concerns over Papa Lazarou’s black face make-up.