BBC’s iPlayer has a christmas cracker - By: Paddy Chang

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BBC’s iPlayer had a great end to the year in 2008, showing record viewing figures for it’s online catch up TV service in the UK.
December showed a mammoth 41 million views of BBC content using the classic catch-up TV service, showing it’s best month ever since launch in December 2007.Programming included Wallace and Gromit’s new show ‘A Matter of Loaf and Death’ which had 8 million views over the week between Christmas and new year.
BBC spokesman, Erik Huggers said:- â€œThis confirms that 2008 was the year of the BBC iPlayer. The service evolved dramatically throughout its first 12 months â€“ weâ€™ve just introduced downloading for Mac and Linux users, and a special version of BBC iPlayer for CBBC â€“ and the innovation will continue in 2009.â€
Top watches on BBC iPlayer December 24-31 2008
1 Wallace And Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death2 Doctor Who Series 4: The Next Doctor3 Top Gear Series 12: Episode 8 (Vietnam)4 Gavin and Stacey: Christmas Special5 The Royle Family: The New Sofa6 EastEnders 26/12/087 Outnumbered Series 2: Episode 78 EastEnders 25/12/2008 21:009 EastEnders 29/12/0810 EastEnders 25/12/2008 20:0011 Mock the Week Series 6: Episode 1312 Have I Got News for You Christmas Special 200813 EastEnders 30/12/0814 Blackadder Rides Again15 The 39 Steps16 Top Gear Series 9: Episode 317 Never Mind the Buzzcocks Series 18: Episode 418 EastEnders 24/12/0819 Survivors Episode 620 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special 2008
Great news from what is considered the greatest catch up TV service on the planet.

Newcomer to the internet tv world and rival to Hulu, Sling Media has shown a demo application origionally called SlingPlayer Mobile allowing viewers to watch their home TV shows on the Apple iPhone.
The new app is assumed to be free if you buy a Slingbox for around $180.The Slingbox allows users to watch any TV show or movie on mobile devices.
The Company said in an announcement:- ‘SlingPlayer Mobile gives consumers their entire home TV experience, including local channels, local sports teams, video on demand, pay per view, etc. Any program that you can watch on your sofa back home, you can now watch via your iPhone using a standard network connection. In addition, SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone users can also control their home digital video recorder (DVR) to watch recorded shows, pause, rewind, and fast forward live TV, or even queue new recordings while away from home.’
So iPhone users can now get instant access to cable, satellite and even Tivo from wherever you are so long as you have wifi. The company has said this neat apple app will be available in the first quarter.

US internet users are watching more TV online and Youtube is still the king of the moving images.
Viewers viewed over 12.5 billion videos across the internet in the month of November, zooming up an impressive 34 percent on the previous year, from research by ComScore.
YouTube is still blowing away the competition with over 5 billion videos watched online (40% of the market). Fox Interactive Media came in second place with 439 million videos viewed (3.5%), then came Viacom Digital with 325 million videos viewed (2.6%).
Research also revealed that over 77% of US Internet users watched videos and TV online during 2008. The average internet video watcher saw 273 minutes of video online.
Great news if your making money from online TV and video, websites such as YouTube and Hulu. Analyst’s predict the market for video advertising will increase to 45% to $850 million during 2009.
Internet TV, movies and video viewing will grow and grow, but then have’nt we always said that?

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